McCain has both the experience and judgment over either Dem candidate, period.

As much as I hate war and the republicans, they know how to fight, and they arent going to take Obambi's silly "100 years war" campaign. Yes, McCain, we are smart enough -- even people who are lifetime Democrats smell through this nonsense.

Mc Cain cant even keep quiet until the Liberal media destroys Clinton. He has to MOCK Obama right now.

Cant he wait until the Democrats make the LUNATIC mistake of forcing Obama down our throats as the nominee first?

Obama can win the general election if Mc Cain laughs so hard at how pathetic a candidtate Obama really is, he keels over with a heart attack.

This is how Obama wins the general election.

I didn't even like McCain to begin with, but after Obama, he's looking more and more presidential all the time.

John McCain has a fundamental misunderstanding of the fact that al-Quaeda are Sunni and the Iranians are Shia. How dumb or out of touch can you be, when you don't even know the enemy your fighting, AND want to invade the country that isn't even al-Quaeda? Lieberman had to correct him when he claimed that Iranians were crossing into Iraq, when it was Al-Quaeda, that was coming over from Saudi Arabia. The man has no clue about our enemy, our economy, health care, you name it. If flawed perception and a certainty to send American troops to occupy foriegn lands for hundreds of years are qualifications for being President; I think Mr. McCain has confused his idea of the Presidency, with Petraeus job as head of operations and war planning at Central command. He is simply running for the wrong position. He is NOT qualified to be anything else, by even his own admission.

With all McCain's experience, he is utterly lost, confused and has no innovative idea on how to deal with the war. He keeps talking about success in Iraq. Which success. Do you call the death of fourteen of America's sons and daughter in one week, success. Do you call traumatized young men and women success.Do you call, the killing, delimbing, blinding, humilating , traumatizing of once strong ,hopeful, and patriotic young soldiers, SUCCESS.No, that's not success. That's not putting your experience to work. McCain. that's not using good judgement.From the start Obama said no war!

McCain mixes up al Qaeda and the Shiite militia... corrected in a few seconds.

Clinton confuses reality and fantasy in her recollection of Bosina... corrected after numerous repitition of a lie and after news footage disproves it.

Obama denounces his pastor's incindiary remarks... corrected after 20 years of attendance.

I could care less how much military experience McCain has had.

I just don't want to be in Iraq for 100 years.

Even McPeak, Obama's military advisor, advocates for "a century" of presence in Iraq if we get it right.

McCain's comments make no sense. If he's such a foreign-policy wizard, then why did he vote for the war in Iraq? That's been an absolute disaster for America.

Why doesn't he know the difference between the Sunni and Shia? Between Iran and al-Qaeda?

Obama made the right call on Iraq from the get-go. He gets my vote.

We know about Professor Obama and we know that "Hill the Bosnian sniper" a a law degree. We konw that McCain does not understand economy. But Can somebody tell us if McCain has finished high school? Because listening to his speeches it is difficult to know his educational level. God bless America and God bless Obama. OBAMA08

In an effort by the Obama camp to make McCain look old, they say Obama doesn't need a lecture from McCain.

All that phrase does is make Obama look like a headstrong, rebellious know-it-all, which the emperor is not.

And McCain doesn't have any experience with ANYTHING else, so there, Obama comes out ahead! What sort of guy runs for national office and then needs to be tutored regarding policy matters? Oh George Bush and any other lame a// Repub. Chump.

Obama was a professor of Constitutional law, yet his website syates that he will "overturn the Supreme Court's recent ruling that curtails racial minorities' and women's ability to challenge pay discrimination”.

How exactly will he overturn Supreme Court rulings… I find it disturbing to think that a Constitutional professor thinks that he can overturn a judicial ruling from the executive branch… this is like Huckabee’s plan of replacing the Constitution with the Bible.

I want a president that knows the Constitution not one who wants to replace it with his personal opinions.

smartprimate, could you tell us what is McCain level of education, because we cannot understand his logical way of thinking. God bless America and God bless Obama. OBAMA08.

Obama, by his own admission said he did not posses the experience required for the Presidency and therefore he would not run in 08. BY HIS OWN ADMISSION!

And he is absolutly correct. He has no experience. Period. Yet, in probably the most volitale period in this country that I can remember, Dems want to push this novice whose entire mantra is "HOPES AND DREAMS MADE OF SMOKE SCREENS" onto the loyal, moderate democratic base. Unbelievable......In a time of war yet.

Is there lead in the water over there at the DNC headquaters?

Mccain's version is that we take some sort of insane military posture, that would bankrupt the american economy as his buddy george bush has successfully done, we dont need any more republican war- mongers in the white house, we had better try and put a levelheaded president that will deal with domestic issues, and not be chopping at the bit for war with someone mccain's ideal war is with iran, and if the republicans have their way, god forbid, we'll be in iraq for 100 years and getting ready to put the american economy in the shitter like the republicians have successfully done!!!

BKMC - McCain attended Episcopal High School and, following, in the footsteps of his father and grandfather, McCain entered the United States Naval Academy. Awards: Silver Star, Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross, Bronze Star, Purple Heart, and Prisoner of War Medal. Member of the House 1983 -1987. Member of the Senate: 1987 – present, which means that he has been on the national stage for 25 years over Obama’s two… Anything else…

And yet, Obama was right the mark wrt Iraq, while McCain is *still* uninformed and delusional about what's going on there. I'll take Obama's inexperience over McCain's experience any day.

Eight years of conservative rule have taught us that lack of intelligence in our leadership has grave consequences.

McCain finished fifth from the bottom of his class at the Naval Academy in Annapolis. Like Bush, he thinks very simplistically, and no wonder he thinks we should carry out an Iraq occupation for 100 years. McCain will be torn apart by the liberal media once a democratic nominee is confirmed. The media won't start this negative process until the current democratic nominee war is decided. The televised and written media is anti-Bush, anti-war, want the economy fixed with liberal ideology, and they would love to have a liberal democrat as President. The media hand picked and orchestrated McCain's nomination by tearing down the more conservative Romney, building up McCain's image, and leaving Huckabee alone so that he would stay in the race long enough to split the conservative vote with Romney, thus making the relatively more liberal McCain the new King of the Republicans. The media will likewise orchestrate an Obama victory in the national election, once HIllary sees the light and steps aside. In the national election, you won't see any more of those silly CNN polls asking if the media favors one candidate over another. It will nonetheless be quite obvious.

If the American people elect McCain, we can expect four more years of Republican mismanagement, kowtowing to the same Republican interest groups (the monied sector), penny pinching in helping our economy get back on its feet, further erosion of environmental safeguards, etc. McCain is a dinosaur!
I'm not fond of Obama, but voting for McCain is beyond the pale!

Obama will ruin this country. Watch, if he gets elected, after his term is up we will be paying for everything in pesos. Win the war, close the boader. Vote Republican in 08, Barack Obama dosent know anything.

John, John, John.

Why insert yourself into their demolition derby?

Hillary's negatives are rising daily as she pounds on Barack in hopeess desperation. Sure she's going to lose in utter disgrace. Who do you want blamed, you or Barack?

And it's going to get worse! She's only at the tantrum stage. Just wait till unmitigated rage sets in.

Remember, Bill already knows she's going to lose. They are now burnishing the Clinton brand on the campaign's nickel, setting the stage for their next scam.

Don't interfere! The longer the better!

True leadership does not mean rhetorical skills without true experience to back it up. He has hardly completed his first US Congressional position, yet claims national and international credentials. Being a Chicago politician does not make him an expert on national economics and being an Illinois State Senator does not make him an expert in foreign affairs. His disingenuous stance on NAFTA demonstrates his political awareness but not his understanding of trade.

True judgment does not mean pointing to an uninformed decision and calling it wisdom. As a member of the State Senate, without having access to national security briefs, without any information privy to those who actually made the decision, he opposed the action that lead up to the war. Yet once he was privy to that data as a US Senator, he voted to consistently support it. So, let’s look at his informed judgment. He admits that it was a “bone headed move” in having financial dealings with a known political fixer, Tony Rezko. He admits that he would have left his church if his pastor was not retiring; isn’t it political expedience to finally get around to having a stance after 20 years as a member?

Obama – leadership and judgment – I think not!

McCain 2008

Note to McCain:

Siding with George Bush on his moronic disastrous war is not a good campaign strategy.

Running on your republican record of destroying the American economy in less than 8 years, also not a good idea.

Try not to sound so out of touch with reality. We can't afford another president who can't articulate a complete sentence.

McCain don't either all he has is his POW experience,which I am sure was horrible, but tell me is he on some kind of revenge kick ? or he just can't let go?

Be sides who needs national security experience like what the republicans are offering; after all that is the reason we are fighting a civil war in another country now, because of republicans national security experience.

Dems for the White House !

I fear that, alas, John McCain is right. We know that his "100 years" was a figure of speech, and that wise people know that we cannot be isolationists in this world. We have to protect ourselves by being engaged in the world. Bases in Germany, Korea, Japan, Kuwait, and elsewhere have been a part of keeping us secure. We cannot afford for the Iraq war to continue, but we have to be wise in how we get out. Obama criticized Hillary for her plans to get us out of Iraq, which included some forces to protect our embassies and the Iraqi citizens who helped us. She spoke of a thoughtful and caution way of removing the troops, and possibly leaving some strike force in the area if that was a necessary hypothetical. Obama, being the wise one, said that he could get them out in 16 months max. Sounds like a poker game: I match you and raise you two... Obama criticized her for her statements. Danged, if he is not now using her words against McCain, while spinning the "100 years". Did Obama not tell reporters that he understood that McCain was referring to bases and not active warfare. He loves to spin words as the need occurs, and because he is not very knowledgeable, he gets caught in more double talk.

Maybe Americans need to be asking about McCain's experience in diplomacy: that conducting of relations between other nations.

Dems for the White House !

No wait I think I answered my own question about McCain's experience in diplomacy: Bomb Bomb Bomb Iran !

Dems for the White House !

SurveyUSA Kentucky
Hillary: 58
Obama: 29

PPP Pennsylvania
Hillary: 56
Obama: 30

Ouch ... No wonder why Obama sent his surrogates out in mass to pressure Hillary quit. It's not going to be pretty for Obama from now on. He thought he put away Florida and Michigan but he must have nightmares every night about the seating of Florida and Michigan. It won't go away until the party resolves it.

Obama is toast. Most Americans see it.

rco: After watching the Republican debates, I did not see them trying to "crown" anyone. That is the reverse of what I am seeing in the Democratic race. Obama thinks he is already crowned even if all the people have not voted. I agree that the media is trying to dictate the political outcome, and hopefully more people will say no to that.

The smartest and most knowledgeable candidate in the race is Hillary Clinton. She does not need to be crowned, because she works hard just like most Americans.

Obama does not experience or knowledge of much.

He makes stuff as he goes, his high priced team tells him all he does know.

He has made a full circle about the war.
first he felt we were obligated, then no war, now he understands McCains policy. (well he says he understands it)

He is kind of low on truthfulness so it hard to say, with all his lies he has told.

Obama cannot go the distance with McCain on military, MaCain is correct Obama has no idea what he is speaking about, he has never served in the military to understand what it entails.

But am happy if Obama feels he such a hot shot and want to take MaCain on I think all his supporters should encourage him to, it would be interesting to sit back and watch that show.

So go for it Obama show McCain how better you are at war matters and military strategy, with all your experience in the streets of Chicago who know you may win the war with McCain.

The fact that all the old beltway insiders are attacking Obama tells you something right there. These people feel entitled to control over the government and can't help but feel shocked that someone without 20 years of bootlicking under their belt could be the president.

From the Clintons to McCain, there is panic in the air. How dare we question their idiotic war that has killed thousands of american kids and maimed tens of thousands? How dare we question the power of lobbyists to write the laws, or their disastrous economic policies?

How could someone who's not one of them presume to offer leadership... much less a relative commoner, a mere United States Senator?

Look- McCain had his time. I'll admit he's something of an establishment figure and a decent guy. But offering us Bush III is simply not an attractive option for most people in the know. Hillary is a complete fraud. Plain and simple. The choices seem pretty stark to me.

A majority of Democrats and Republicans believe that Barack Obama has a better chance of defeating John McCain in November than does Hillary Clinton, according to a Gallup Panel survey conducted March 24-27. Democrats say 59 percent to 30 percent that Obama has a better chance against McCain and, on the question of who McCain would have an easier time beating, Republicans said Clinton by a 64 percent to 22 percent margin. Gallup says the poll also shows "there is a fairly widely held belief among party supporters -- including a plurality of Clinton supporters -- that the ongoing campaign is hurting their chances of winning in November."

I'm missing the point on McCain's foreign policy credentials. I get that he served with honor. But the guy has been a complete dupe for Bush for 8 years of the worst foreign policy in the history of the united states. He's even worse than hillary in that regard.

He voted for the worst strategic blunder in american military history, and he's still running around like it was a good idea. Someone explain to me where he's had some good judgement? On the economy? He's professed his complete ignorance, and it shows. He's just another borrow and spend Bush republican. I actually think fiscally and in terms of foreign policy, Obama might be the most philosophically conservative candidate!

You want good judgement? We never should have gone into Iraq and should have tripled the forces on the ground in Afghanistan and killed Bin Laden 5 years ago. Done deal for the "evildoers." And only one candidate is offering that judgement, BARACK OBAMA.

Soldiers make bad Presidents, Presidents bad soldiers.

Obama's shallow, one liners will not hold up against McCain. Obama is on top because the media don't like to ask him tough questions. I believe ABC and Fox News are the only networks that try to ask tough questions. Fox may be conservative, but they are tough interviewers and I think this is better for the American public. John McCain is anything but shallow.

As the days of Bush's final term in office dwindle, impeachment is one thing that must happen for the sake of preserving American democracy. Impeachment proceedings are essential, both for the information that it will produce and above all to make it clear that Congress perceives the illegal and unconstitutional acts taken by this administration to be high crimes and misdemeanors, and for the deterrent effect that will have on future presidents. Looking at the current primaries and the future presidential election. American public must create priorities that are different from those offered by the current candidates. If enough people simply look clearly at what we are doing in our course towards an abyss right now, they do have the power with the remaining democracy we have still in this country to turn it around.

BKMC the Obama Zombie,

Has Barack the Empty Suit Obama ever been in the military. Please don't even try to count the bowling spectacle.

Didn't Howard Dean, the head of the DNC, say medals count when Dean was promoting John Kerry? Why would Howard Dean, of all people, say things to help McCain's cause. Was Dean lying then and they don't really count, or is he going to support McCain?

I'd still rather put Hillary up against McCain just based on years of experience, knowing that she is one down against McCain military-wise, than Barack, who is just an empty suit with no resume.

McCain was a POW in a war the USA should never have waged. Vietnam was a total disaster, our country's biggest foreign policy blunder. Now McCain is the great supporter of the war in Iraq, which according to Albright was the biggest foreign policy blunder the US has made.

Both wars were stategic blunders of the first as well. America is the biggest loser of both of these wars, for we were the aggressor but did not win. There was never a good option to win, as many critics of wars - military folks among them - warned for time and again.

So what tells us this about McCain's "understanding of warfare"?

The war in Iraq has been THE great impulse for the rise of international islamic fundamentalist terrorism against the USA and Europe. Ordinary citizens in the West's major cities are less safe from mass violent attacks than they were during the Cold War.

So what tells us this about McCain's "understanding of national security"?

And we'll not even discuss his total lack of understanding of how modern economy works, how the mortgage crisis could be tackled, what the high risks of our national debts and loans from China are, etc. etc.

And Americans take this idle old man serious?

Even after 8 years of Bush?

May God help this country THINK this year.

So Kingston,
Do war medals matter in a President, as Howard Dean indicated when previously campaigning for John Kerry, without contradicting all your other arguments?

McCain like most of the republicans with the exception of that Ron Paul guy are dead wrong on how to contain Islamic extremists. Our foreign policy is directly responsible for their hatred and willingness to kill us at their own peril. Our overwhelming support for Israel, a country which constantly demarcates Palestinian land and builds settlements into Palestinian land, contributes to that hatred and rightfully so. Now McCain wants to bomb, bomb, bomb Iran. This can only make things exponentially worse for us making more enemies as we go further into debt from this warmongering nonsense. All the while our southern border is open for whomever wants to enter, because we lack the will to enforce the border and our border guards are in Iraq. Let's also not forget that the Muslim world out breeds our own by a large margin and we are a nation overweight, most of whom couldn't fight to save our lives. Oh and we kill 1.5 million of our own babies every year. If Osama was smart he would send some of his cronies to attend our medical schools, become licensed abortionist and continue to kill little Americans. We should be more worried about our constant consumption of pesticides which has been spliced into the DNA of crops complements of Monsanto and company. I ask the question: Why do we elect McCain. Are terrorists really that much to worry about. I worry more about our worship of Paris Hilton, Britney Spears and sports stars. There is no way Muslims want to emulate us, and why would they! Let's stop forcing our ideals on them through force. I am sickened by all this fear mongering. Where have all of the rational minds gone?

Antenian,
I'm not sure there is a candidate that aligns with your particular beliefs. Ron Paul is out of the race isn't he, or is he going to run as an independent?

I'm betting that Joe Leiberman will be sitting on John McCain's cabinet.

Bush did not have any great knowledge about anything and he was the perfect candidate for you republicans. With the Clinton administration trying to warn them of the threat of Osama Bin Laden, the Bush, Cheney, and Rice disregarded everything they were told. They thought they were so smart, but were actually the stupidest and more incompetent bunch ever to be in the whitehouse. Experience is Rumsfield, Cheney, Rice, and a whole crew who came from the first Bush administration and they sure did everything wrong they got their hands on. Bush has made everything so politicized that he has put the nation in danger with his political appointments causing melt downs for critical departments of our government. The costs of the war is bring down everything else that America has been. Having Americans dying in Iraq because of the greedy oil interests is nothing to be proud of. It means just praying your loved one makes in back alive and in one piece.

WestCoast - Ron Paul represents most of these things. He is in the race but has no chance. I believe he is in it to promote discussions on various ideas. This is one of the reasons I think Clinton and Nader should both be in it for the long haul. I just want us to promote policies that make sense economically. I want us to try to fix the things that are easy to fix and cheap to fix. Running the military around the world burning 440,000 barrels of oil a day makes no sense since China is bankrolling most of it at our expense. Maybe McCain thinks the purse has no bottom. He has said he isn't that good at economics, and from all of this war talk, I believe him.

McCain geez all you know is War nothing else.

We fear another 911! This isn't Disney World. Do you think all the terrorist have forgiven us and no terrorist attacks will happen again in the land of opportunity?
How can we pull our troops out of Iraq and hope Iran doesn't invade them. We would have already brought our troops home if it were as simple as Obama makes it out to be. I'm voting for McCain, but too bad Ronald Reagan isn't running.

Clearly John McCain is the man we need for President! Obama has no clue.

Al Qaeda is just foaming at the mouth, hoping for a Barack presidency.

They will be extremely disappointed, thank God.

McCain's comments about Obama are
Right On Target!
Obama doesn't even realize that whether
you like President Bush or not, he has
Kept us Safe for the past 7 years!
Obama would be a foreign policy disaster
and his economic policies would bankrupt
the country! Hillary Clinton would be equally bad in both areas!

@Jo:

And how are you intimately aware of Al-Qaeda's thoughts on the presidential election? One could argue that they would want McCain because he will continue to expose US troops to their harm.

@E Salyer:

If Iran were to invade Iraq, nothing would be better to unify the Arab world (and Iraq). You would see Syria, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia unite (all Sunni majorities). Heck, even Israel may join such a 'coalition of the willing' against Iran. No, Iran is much better off fomenting violence in Iraq, Iran, and the Palestinian territories rather than getting directly involved.

Without belittling your opinions, let me just say that the US military has done its job in Iraq. Taking over a country of 17-20 million people in several weeks, and holding the country for 5 years with ~4000 fatalities. The problem is that it is time for Iraqi diplomats to stand up; we are subjecting our soldiers to a police mission because they are squabbling. No, we cannot withdraw precipitously but it is time to force Iraqi leaders to lead. And with due respect to Senator McCain, it is ridiculous to compare the US presence in Iraq to that in Korea. There is no DMZ in Iraq, no border to watch - I have no idea what he is talking about and I'm not sure he does either.

John McCain was a great candidate in 2000. Sorry no more. Obama is the new hope. Need some new way of thinking in WH. Hillary is OK. I will support her if she wins the nomination. But all those BS about Obama's wife, Pastor Wright do not bother me. We cannot find a 100% perfect candidate if we insist on having a human as a president.

WOW, John Mccain will bomb bomb Iran, what an expertise in National Security LOL. The best national Security measure so far is to have more friends than enemies. So much of wisdom from warlords LOL!!!!!!!

The only reason I hear for McCain having the experience is because he's been in a war and has been taken prisoner.
It's like saying that someone who has gone through a foreclosure automatically has the experience to handle the economy.

The main reason the US are not loved in the world, hence at risk, is that they have been running precisely the kind of alpha-male war-crazy policies that McCain is so fond of.

If by error, the dems nominate Obama, without counting MI and FL, half democratic party that support Hillary wont vote for him and the MSM will then go to work on Obama and take him apart, piece by piece. There is nothing the MSM likes more than to pull people down. By the time they are through with him, he will be running away from any his own shadows. Dont think they dont know all his flip flops. They are bidding their time and men, when it happens, it wont be pretty

Did McCain gve experience before he became such a war hero? If there is a wolf in sheep;s clothing in thhis election it;s him 'my freinds'. Two things: either McCain wants Bill & Hiil as running mates, or her wants to run against them in the general election. We'll see how long he can spin some of his own myths and how perfect his life has been.

MCCAIN IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN OBAMA- THERE IS NO COMPARISON. OF COURSE WE ARE GOING TO BE IN IRAQ A LONG TIME, WE ARE STILL IN JAPAN, GERMANY, KOREA& BOSNIA- BY BEING THERE WE CREAT A STABLE ENVIROMENT. ARE WE FIGHTING IN THOSE PLACES NOW? NO, ARE WE GOING TO BE FIGHTING IN IRAQ 50 YEARS FROM NOW? NO! MCCAIN IS NOT BUSH, I BELIEVE THAT HE WOULD OF NEVER INVADE IRAQ BECAUSE HE HAS THE EXPERIENCE OF BEEN THERE- DONE THAT. HILLARY & MCCAIN BOTH VOTED FOR THE WAR ON FALSE INFORMATION- OBAMA WHO HAS THE SAME VOTING RECORD AS HILLARY DIDN'T ONLY BECAUSE HE WAS NOT THE SENATE AT THAT TIME- OTHERWISE HE WOULD HAVE DONE THE SAME. MCCAIN TELLS THE TRUTH WHERE OBAMA IS A LIAR, HE USES WRIGHT, THAT CHURCH AND BLACK PEOPLE FOR PERSONAL GAIN.

Let me just point out that McCain's experience and judgement is going to lead us to a 100 year commitment into Iraq. Though I respect John McCain I will not vote for him. His politics are all wrong....especially on Iraq.

Obama said at a press conference:
“What I said is I would have a strike force in the region, perhaps in Iraq, perhaps outside of Iraq, so that we could take advantage of--or we could deal with potential problems that might take place in the region. That's very different from saying we're going to have a permanent occupation in Iraq...”

Obama is saying he will maintain a troop presence in the country, a "strike force,"--and he refuses to say for how long. A strike force means Combat troops. How many troops? He doesn't say. He does say that these troops will be used to "deal with potential problems." What does that mean?

Absolutely there will be plenty of problems if only a small contingent of U.S. forces remaining in Iraq, but what are these troops meant to do about it? If things go wrong, will this small contingent "strike" at insurgents in Ramadi? Baghdad? Basra? And to what purpose? This has Black Hawk Down written all over it--or are they going to drive into battle from a desert base? If so we must be talking about a fairly LARGE number of troops.

Obama has laid out a plan for an Indefinite troop presence of Undetermined size, and yet he mocks John McCain for saying he would keep U.S. forces in Iraq indefinitely and at undetermined levels. Since he would keep US Combat troops there--how does Obama define victory in this scenario?

Sen McCain will all due respect talks about the (failed) warfare of the 20th century - that will be judged in history books by historians. We are now in the 21st century and we need a visionary who will bring peace not only to the US, but also worldwide. With Bush-McCain kind of mindset that will be hard to achieve -a 21st century vision. Obama is the man.

I think we all agree that we need a different path than the 'my way or the highway' attitude of the Bush/Cheney administration.

Fortunately this year, all 3 of the remaining candidates seem to have better outlooks. At this point, though, there are no amount of bombs or bullets that will fix Iraq. Although they talk at cross purposes, I think Senators Obama and McCain agree that the Iraqi diplomats are the problem. I don't think we want to keep 130,000 troops in Iraq on a police mission because some politicians can't get their act straight. I also don't think we want a war with Iran and I'm hoping that Senator McCain's bellicosity is just talk.

MegC:
You conveniently left out
North Carolina, which will negate
Pennsylvania and Indiana!
the only candidate that's Toast is
Your Lying Heroine, Hillary Clinton!
You Clinton supporters are a Barrel
of Laughs!

Obama’s Iraq Plan Contradicts the 2007 NIE and Common Sense:

Saying an unspecified number of troops will be kept ~somewhere~ in the Middle East to tackle an unspecified problem is far from clear policy. There are two more problems with his "plan":

First, the NIE stated that a shift from a counterinsurgency role to a counterterrorism and support role--the Democrat’s beloved “strategic redeployment”--would squander the progress of the past year and lead to further instability in Iraq.

The 2007 NIE (which Liberals believe prove Bush to be a warmonger) says:
“We assess that changing the mission of Coalition forces from a primarily counterinsurgency and stabilization role to a primary combat support role for Iraqi forces and counterterrorist operations to prevent al-Qaeda in Iraq from establishing a safehaven would ERODE security gains achieved thus far. The impact of a change in mission on Iraq’s political and security environment and throughout the region probably would vary in intensity and suddenness of onset in relation to the rate and scale of a Coalition redeployment.”

Second, one must question the reason for shifting US forces Outside of Iraq to "deal with potential problems that might take place in the region." The fact is we are Directly Engaged with al Qaeda inside Iraq right now. You don't have to look hard to find evidence of this.

McCain has experience like Cheney and Rumsfeld have experience. I'd rather have someone with judgement

With the Democrats crying out for withdrawal of US forces from Iraq, who will ask Obama--their New Hope, their Messiah--to explain his plans to maintain combat troops in Iraq?? How many, where, how long, why?

This week the Big O said, “What I said is I would have a strike force in the region, perhaps in Iraq, perhaps outside of Iraq, so that we could take advantage of--or we could deal with potential problems that might take place in the region. That's very different from saying we're going to have a permanent occupation in Iraq...”

McCain is just a carbon copy of Bush, Bush pulls the string and McCain talks.

When the boss want to hire a person as a secretary or a saleman for his company, he prefers an experience person over a person who is on the job training. Now, Americans want to hire a person for the top position of this country. They need to consider who is suitable for the job. Would they prefer a fresh face with thin resume like Mr. HotAir in an empty suit Obama? The answer is NO!NO!NO!AND NO!

Obama has no experience in economics or anything , let alone national security or warfare.

But who cares right? This is the corrupt LIBERAL media. They can cover up anything for Obama.

McCain's experience in Vietnam is just one more reason not to vote for him. He's behind the times, a cold war relic.

Do we really want a president who probably can't even figure out how to work his remote?

yes yes yes, everyone knows that Mccain has his pros and his cons. But the real question is if we know his other side. Mccain said that Mccain wanted to teach sex education to children before they started kindergarden. He wants to continue the war in Iraq just for his own benefits to gain money, not the U.S.A.'s benefits. Mccain has also bribed a lot of people just to get them to vote for him. Some people only vote for him because they hate democrats. The people of the USA know that Mccain is not a very good leader, but there just voting for him because they are a republican. SO AMERICA, TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND CHOOSE THE RIGHT PRESIDENT!!

Why don't you ask the first term Senator what qualifies him to be president? He has no experience of any note and he voted present countless times in the Illinois legislature. Why don't you follow journalistic priciples of fairness? Your credibility as a new source is compromised.