Obama couldn't pass a background check to work for the government with his connections.

Obama connections to ayres, wright, father pfleger, rezko, kamidi a hamas supporter.

John McCain:

Do you think there is a problem with Social Security? Where will you find the money and/or cut the outflow of cash?

During the last 20 years, the Gross Domestic Product -- the nations wealth -- has doubled in this country. Somehow the wealthy have received ALL of the benefit of this and the middle class has received NONE.

So when it comes to shoring up Social Security, Obama has made a constructive suggestion, taking off the make-no-more-contributions limit that applies only to the wealthiest of Americans.

Where does John McCain want to get the money? Not from the wealthy. From the struggling middle class, that's where!

To Jake Tapper

Obama is the one who flip flopped and showed hypocricy.

Obama went after Clinton for changing her position on social security taxes

Obama is the one changing positons. First he said he was for doing away with the cap then changed his positon to 100,000 to 200,000.

McCain only said he knew there would have to be negotiations to get a deal done.

Obama is the one who laid down a marker went after Clinton.

But somehow the media bashes McCain.

This is not a democracy. MSNBC is the Obama channel.

The media is so in the tank for Obama it is like Russia controlled media when Putin when he was there and now his lacky.

After I read this.. I think about it every time I see McCain... McCain could actually be much worse than Bush.

"Will McCain, who finished 894th out of 899 at the Naval Academy and who lost five jets, return competence to the White House? To paraphrase Oscar Wilde (and, no, Oscar was never a fighter pilot), to lose one plane over Vietnam may be regarded as a heroic tragedy; to lose five planes here and there looks like carelessness."

@MV: Hasselbeck is the feel good story for the View. She makes us all feel good that there is someone dumber on the planet than we are.

Hannah,

You are so sad. Obama is ahead in the polls and is ahead in Dollars raised--- You know, the same position Hillary was in before this process started. The difference is, Obama is smarter than Hillary is and will run circles around Old Man McCain--- Just like he did with Old Lady Hillary.

Huckabee or Mit Romney would have been far better than McCain as the Rep nominee.His military background aside,McCain is too flawed a candidate.Anyway he is still the presumptive nominee though i doubt that can be changed.

I bet you that if millions marched against the war in Iraq, McCain would jump to the front of the line and claim he was also against the war and would end it if he became President. This guy will say anything to get elected. What's next...oh, if he can find enough votes, he'll say he's for talking to Iran, N Korea, Cuba, the devil without any preconditions.

McCain has a better tax plan than Obama. He's offering almost $3600 increase per child per family. That's huge for young families. He also has a better estate tax plan. First 5 million goes free, than taxed at a flat rate of 15%. Obama's estate tax is taxable after the first million. Obama's plan doesn't compare.

It's becoming ever clearer who is the real change candidate. McCain flips his principles on just about anything and everything, practically on a daily basis. I mean c'mon... flipping on the torture issue was simply too weird! Either he a) doesn't think anyone will notice, b) doesn't believe anyone will care or, c) he's losing his memory.

Yesterday, McCain while speaking to a group of "small businesses" he said he would "veto any beer", then corrected himself by say he would veto any bill. I guess he was thinking about his wife's beer business as a "small business" that he wants to give tax breaks. Yeah, his wife's business is a small business just like my local pizza parlor or my grocery store...yeah, guess these local business owners are rich too like his wife...sure.

Does McCain ever say anything that he doesn't contradict days, months or years later? In 2004, the Republicans screamed "flip flop! Flip Flop!" about John Kerry. Now they want us to believe that flip flopping on issues is a strength. The ultimate flip flop, indeed.

The guy is full of hot air! I can't believe what I just heard. The lives of our troops are not important. Getting them back to their families is not important...One life compared to 20 taken is the most important thing in Iraq. Shame on you...one life compromised in this cooked up war is not worth anything. I wish he knows how despicable he sounds.

This is a good example of why this guy is not fit to lead this country let alone to understand how Social Security works!!

Yep, McCain can promise to not raise Social Security taxes but solve its looming crisis. But where is his solution for it. Will he raise retirement age to 70? Will he cut benefits paid? Will he privatize it which turns retirees benefits into a gambling on stocks proposition? What will he do?

david:
You hit the nail right on the head!
Excellent, well informed, post!

Republicans use racist fear of the black man while they continue to screw over whites and everyone else as they laugh all the way to the bank.

Yep, republicans are counting on whites to ignore 7 years of getting screwed without vaseline because they think fear of blacks will trump any problems they have with bush/cheney and mccain.

Paul said "McCain, like Clinton, called Obama naive for suggesting this, though a flip later was saying he would follow bin Laden "to the gates of Hell." Well, bin Laden isn't in Hell. He's in Pakistan."

I've been to Pakistan, confusing it with hell is an honest mistake.

Obama has been very clear about the principle of solving the ss problem: Lift the cap for paying ss taxes so that everyone, not just working folks, pay the taxes. Problem solved--no other changes need be made.

A recent analysis shown on cnn showed people earning under $66,000 per year will pay SUBSTANTIALLY less tax under Obama's plan. Up to $200,000 there was no difference between Obama and McCain but over $200,000 families will pay substantially less under McCain. Same old same old--take care of the rich.

Social Security is a poor mans tax, but it should be paid by all for all income levels. The rich should not be able to draw a max amount of SS but less as there retirement income rises. The SS amount should be based on the previous years tax return earnings. It was never intended as a sole support for retirees. But thanks to the liberals and the idea that the Government can take care of us it has been hijacked.

McCain = BUSH and America can not afford another 4 years of BUSH..