Another liberal post I see from someone that thinks sitting on the side lines and having no opinion such as Obama has done is such a great thing that now Obama should be idolized for it! Wow....if only getting a bill passed or running this country were so easy! If Obama lucks up and wins this election will we have to wait two weeks to get one response to a crisis that we may come to? If he acts any way like he did on this one we will! Woe is us!!

He sits and says nothing because he knows not what to do. He has always let everyone else handle the tough problems then he comes in and rides the gravy train on their coat tails. Just look at his record...point proven.

Cindy...Ga.

Joe,
I read your full article, and you are right. Also, the madder McCain gets and the more Palin doesn't answer the questions put to her,this also makes the Obama/Biden ticket that much stronger.
The debate tonight ought to be enteresting.

The discussion about the crisis on Wall Street, Main Street, Banks, the housing market and credit is taking place everywhere with little talk about the unemployment crisis that is growing In the America. Due to the conditions that have been created by these big players, what are we going to do as more a more people are forced out of work for longer periods of time? Why are the politicians not taking action to extend unemployment compensation. Is it just another case where the people pay and set back and let the people in power play? As the unemployment increases and benefits stop, large segments of our population are going to suffer. Everything will get worse and millions will suffer. Until our government fixes the current environment they need to help the workers that pay the taxes.

I am always amazed at how the Repub "strategists" attempt to convince us that Sarah's stupidity is an asset and Obama's intelligence is a fault.

It's reminds me of the line in a Woody Allen movie where Woody, (always trying to get the girl) says, "She thinks she's better than me because she went to Vassar and I went to driving school".

We've had enough "folksy" – we need some brains in the White House. Sarah's diploma from driving school isn't gonna cut it.

I agree that Senator Obama has shown that he can be president, he has remained focused and cool. We need that in America today, I have been for him since he announced and I am still for him. I look forward to casting my ballot for our next president who I believe will help America to again be seen as a light in for others.

McCain talks a lot about how voting for Obama is a risk this country cannot afford to take–Obama has come off as reasonable, thoughtful and presidential throughout this entire campaign while McCain has been erratic, reckless and angry. It sounds to me that having McCain in the White House would be the bigger risk.

why is it when someone tries to help the country, McCain, he is torn down at every turn, but a man that sits on the sidelines and just talks, Obama, is considered to be the hero of the day. I think this is the proof that the media, most any way are in Obama back pocket. I hear nothing but negative things about McCain and Palin and not even on just the issues, on stuff that does not matter to the election. However Obama blows his nose and some how he has saver the day again. Well I, for one, am not buying it. I know that he is dirty and will always be dirty. ACORN, Wright, voting record, there is just to much we do not know about him.

This is a joke. every one is talking about how Palin can come out a winner in the debate tonight. The point is that she is a IDIOT. She is running for VP it should be = treatment. If she has lower expectatoions. Why? If she god save us, winds up in the oval office is China going to say hold on we don't want to look like there picking on her. This is such bull. Palin makes women look helpless and of lesser than men. If she can't play hardball, just softball she is just plan and simple out of her leage. If she is so stupid that we have to take it easy on her then why debate. My God America, she get points because she shows up. McCain is trying not to freak out, he know his decision making is on the line. The McCain Palin ticket is dangerous, and sad.

Nothing good will ever get done in Congress until we all become Americans...not Democrats or Republicans. I work in the loan industry and I see the manipulations and the greediness of people – both the loan givers and the loan receivers. We all are obcessed with having it all now whether we can afford it or not. The American people and the American Government have got to learn to live within their income. Both candidates need to understand that fiscal responsibility has got to be brought back into our lives if we are to exist. We have not rewarded saving...we reward spending even when you do not have the money to spend. I hope that our economy can be resurected but I do not have faith. By giving Paulson and the people who helped us get in this mess control and oversight we are in essence putting the wolf in charge of the hen house (just after he raided it.). This bill that was passed by the Senate last night is just another example of all the pork barrel spending that our Congress adds to bills just to get them through. We needed a clean bill or no bill and we definitely haven't got a clean bill! Last night was the time for both McCain and Obama to stand up and demand a clean bill void of all unnecessary additions...such as wooden arrows!

I get a real fuzzy kind of feeling with the story line about ,Obama, but McCain should never have gotten the GOP's nod, to begin with! That said, Obama is quite reassuring on the surface, but this guy has been campaigning for two years, mostly on Hillary's coattail, and mimmicking her word, for word,during those useless debates(my opinon)? His(Obama's) short record shows nothing except a lot of "No Votes/Not Present),which bother me! He is a,"John Kerry Clone",(please take no-offense senator) with to much ambition,and not enough toughness,contrary to your, "Hot Headed McCain! Remember this, anyone can write a book, or article about something their for ,or against, but it's the "Character behind the person that surfaces as a winner, and not just some "BS"artist! Hope I haven't offended the free press... My "TIME" isup,

Does anyone think it matters what the candidate actually stands for with regard to economic policy, ie, tax policy, spending, capital gains, as opposed to an impression created by skillful video editing ? I certainly agree Obama "looks" presidential, but when I listen to all the pretty words I am hard pressed to understand how lowering the taxes on the bottom 95% of taxpayers (40% don't pay taxes now) and increasing the taxes on the top 5% will be able to pay for all the items (health care, education, infrastructure, social security) Obama declares are his priorities even as we face a $700 billion layout to solve the economic crisis. Does it make sense mathematically? That is what I care about rather than whether someone "looked" angry or steady.

Connie

Yes it does. In business, the premise is that 80% of sales come from the top 20% of your customers. Transferred to our taxes, 80% of our taxes should come from the top 20% of the tax paying base. This is just pure sense and it plays out mathematically every time.

Keep in mind, the amount of money these top 5% of the earners in this country make an astronomical amount of money compared to the average person. They should be carrying their weight and pay their fair share.

Megan – knowing Obama is dirty and always be dirty.....thats too much for me.

go McCain/Palin '08

Connie writes:

"Does anyone think it matters what the candidate actually stands for ..."

Yes, the VOTERS think what a candidate stands for matters.

We're just waiting for poiticians and the media to figure out that they're dealing with the most engaged, informed electorate in history and they need to stop patronizing us.

I have been totally turned off by McCain's behavior during the first debate, as well his demeanor since. He has not conducted himself in a very "statesman-like" manner at all. He's all angry bluster and threats. That is not what will restore our country's reputation in the world view.

Obama presents himself as thougthful; giving his answers the careful consideration they deserve. That is the behavior that will get others to actually listen and enter into a intelligent, thoughtful dialogue when attempting to solve a crisis or discussing an issue.

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Major concerns as a female Republican
1, Sarah Palin is running as a reformer of big government spending.
However, I happen to know from being told personally from people who were recruited from my home town that they were promised $1,200.00 a month to move to Alaska, that is for everyone in the household. From what I understand most Alaskans are on this kind of welfare. Explain to me how the leader of a welfare state can bring jobs back to the U.S?

2. If McCain handlers who are on Sarah Palins team can shut her down and make her seem like an idiot, how will she handle the pressures from people who don’t like her or may be in conflict with her? Will she hide away from world leaders and the press at a time when America may need her to step up to the plate?

Cindy: Get a grip. What planet are you on? Obama sits and says nothing because "he knows not what to do"? At least he didn't vote with Bush (a/k/a Alfred E. Neuman) 90% of the time for the past 8 years!!

McCain might have voted with bush, but at leased he voted something other then PRESENT!!!!!! OH wait, Obama can't vote anything else that would not be in the nations best interest. I guess that sitting on his thumbs is though.

Again, Obama knows far more than McCentury ever will.

Angie,
I may be wrong about this, but I think that the oil and gas rights in Alaska are owned by the state as opposed to private ownership as is the case in the lower 48. I believe this is a result of the treaty bringing Alaska into the Union. Just as an owner of oil and gas rights gets royalty payments when oil and gas is produced, the state of Alaska gets royalty payments (although they may call it something else). With the price of oil so high recently, Alaska has received record revenues which has permitted it to put huge amounts into its reserves while making a payment to each of its citizens. I read the amount and it seems it may have been $1200, but certainly not $1200 a month. According to what I have read, as governor Palin has greatly reduced government spending overall while increasing it in certain areas. You can research all of this by reading Alaskan newspapers online and the state web site. That said, she has certainly been less than stellar in the Couric interviews. Right after she was named VP candidate, some station showed an interview with Maria Barteoromo on the energy issue. She was certainly competent in that interview.

McCain might have been the real deal 8 years ago, but after the flogging Bush and Rove gave him, he's turned into just another Bush lap dog. This is his last chance and will stoop as low as he has to to get elected. E.I. Palin. What happened to the real John McCain, the one I would have voted for in 2000. A former republican turned independant.

Obama is the nearest of nothing we have had to run for president since Jimmy Carter. If you like the way things are now, vote for Obama- Biden ticket. Everybody should go to the poles nov. 4, and vote present. Obama has voted 130 times present, he cannot make a decision. That's what we should do if it weren't so critical.

MCCAIN-PALIN 08
HILLARY SUPPORTER

OBAMA SUPPORTERS VOTE NOV. 4 PRESENT.