BBoy and The Blue Cross

Spot on, both of you, but I still think these issues should have rated specific mention. We were asked to validate our choices and there was plenty of space allowed to do it.

Yes, I see the parallels between Obama and Rudd. They're both 'pretty' boys, they both know how to articulate the right message, they will both make periphery improvements, but will anything really change?

*McCain was also seen as someone who could re-establish respect for the US in the world,*

Frankly McCain is too old and hasn't realised that the world has
changed. McCain wants to keep imagining about USA the superpower,
whilst the rest of us are aware of USA, the world's largest debtor
nation. Owning lots of bombs is not much good, if one can't even
catch Osama or Zawahiri! 2 crazy Arabs have in fact so far outsmarted
the whole US military, that's the reality.

Staying in Iraq for another 100 years will certainly not re-establish
respect for the US, which is what McCain thinks should happen.

Obama represents a whole new way of thinking in US politics, which
is quite refreshing, so lets hope that he wins! Americans are
finally learning the hard way, that their country is crashing,
thats why many are accepting that change is overdue.

Reckon most Posts so far show good commonsense - something Blair and Howard lost sight of when they steadfastly followed Georgie Boy Bush into Iraq.

Obama thus looks like the best choice to bring the commonsense to an America that we must admit we all still sorely need.

Keep up the good work, trusty OLO's. Looks like the future needs you.

Cheers - BB, WA.

I agree, top ender, that Obama looks good on climate change.

If you want to compare your position vs. the candidates, this is a good site: http://www.electoralcompass.com/page/0/thema+s/ (thanks Graham for pointing this out to me). I found this pretty useful because, despite being reasonably informed, I haven't had the time to check each candidate in detail.

Here's my take on the campaign: http://opinion-nation.blogspot.com/2008/02/lucky-americans.html -- I guess the incumbent makes anyone else look good :)

Good commonsense Posts so far, friends.

Yep, Obama makes the best choice for anyone who realises how much we still need America.

Not with the Repub's of course, who blotted their copybooks even too much with the likes of Blair and Howard alone.

Best Regards - BB, WA.

I hope the secret service is doing their job. The last great black America, Martin Luther King Jr, didnt fair to well with the rednecks. I wonder how much has changed in the US since those days.