Very Well stated From Senator Barbara Boxer:

Last night at the Republican National Convention, John McCain used the word "fight" more than 40 times in his speech.

In the 16 years that we have served together in the Senate, I have seen John McCain fight.

I have seen him fight against raising the federal minimum wage 14 times.

I have seen him fight against making sure that women earn equal pay for equal work.

I have seen him fight against a women's right to choose so consistently that he received a zero percent vote rating from pro-choice organizations.

I have seen him fight against helping families gain access to birth control.

I have seen him fight against Social Security, even going so far as to call its current funding system "an absolute disgrace."

And I saw him fight against the new GI Bill of Rights until it became politically untenable for him to do so.

John McCain voted with President Bush 95 percent of the time in 2007 and 100 percent of the time in 2008 -- that's no maverick.

We do have two real fighters for change in this election -- their names are Barack Obama and Joe Biden.

It's the old "If you can't beat 'em, copy 'em" tactic,

LOLOL

Or maybe McCain means it's time to change his diapers/depends...

The only change coming from the Obama camp will be to move the corrupt Chicago style of politics to Washington.
He has never said one word against any do-nothing Democrat. McCain has gone against his Republicans colleagues time and time again.
Obama has been running his mouth. Palen has been running the biggest state with an approval rate of 82% just yesterday. Change is what we need, the McCain/Palin type of change. Not the socialist change Obama would put in place. After all, there is a Reparation to Blacks for Slavery with a cost of 1.4 trillion dollars on Obama's agenda.

The idea that many Republicans are comparing Palin to Obama is laughable. Let's review: a former beauty pageant queen with a degree in communications from the University of Idaho, 1.5 years of experience as governor of a state with fewer people than Dayton, Ohio, and prior experience as Mayor of a village of 6,500 vs. a former community organizer with a law degree from Harvard who has worked as a constitutional law professor, a productive state senator in one of the largest states in the country for 8 years, and a U.S. Senator for 4 years is laughable. And, just for the record, "no experience" Obama has done the following:

Illinois State Senate:
a) Led sweeping, bipartisan ethics reform;
b) Led an effort to expand health care to 150,000 people (that's 1/5 the size of Alaska);
c) Led an effort to pass the Earned Income Tax Credit;

Senate (and, to those who say Senator Obama has spent all of his time running for President, somehow he has also achieved the following):
a) Passed the most sweeping Congressional ethics reform in history;
b) Led a successful effort to improve the medical care provided to our noble veterans
c) Fought against so-called loyal-vet McCain to EXPAND the GI Bill so that our brave vets have a chance at a better future through education when they return home;
d) Led the fight for legislation to reduce the number of nuclear weapons in the hands of rogue states and actors (somehow more impressive than commanding the Alaska National Guard as governor of Alaska where, at best, she's authorized to deploy them to dig Anchorage out of a big snow storm)
e) has traveled extensively internationally PRIOR to this campaign, and, at this point, has met with the leaders of most of our major allies in Europe and the Middle East;
f) Spoke out against the Iraq War when it was unpopular to challenge the Bush administration (and when Sarah Palin was still presiding over a village smaller than my high school);
h) Challenged Bush and McCain to focus on real threats to our security in Afghanistan and Al-Queda instead of costly, Bush-created threats in Iraq;
i) Developed a nuanced foreign policy based on engagement as a first principle, and force as a last option. After mocking him for arguing for the importance of engaging Iran to reduce their nuclear threat, the Bush administration is now doing just that!

Not only do Obama's achievements stand up to those of McSame, who voted with Bush 90% of the time, they dwarf those of Palin.

Let's review here: Former Mayor of a town of 6500 who has been Governor for 1.5 years being compared to Senator Obama, who has been in state and national office for 12 years. Senator Obama has already influenced and helped to shape domestic and international dialogue on U.S. foreign policy, and his positions have been proven right on Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran. Laughable comparison.

The Republicans are shocking in their bravado, which is why they nominated Dubya twice! People voted for Hillary Clinton because she had REAL experience and credibility, and McCain insults them by picking this neophyte. Her record of independence from the corruption of her party is admirable; her abuse of her authority to punish her ex-brother-in-law was not, and sounds awfully Karl Roveian.

Ladies and Gentleman, Sarah Palin is NO Hillary Clinton, and Barack Obama has my vote. He has a better record on women's issues than this feaux-feminist, "Trophy VP" nominee, who opposes a woman's right to chose and saddled up with a candidate who voted against equal pay for women and the Family Leave Act. McCain picked her after meeting/SEEING her ONCE over much more experienced women like Kay Bailey Hutchinson in Texas and Elizabeth Dole in North Carolina. Those two must feel like the disabled wife whom McCain left for his current trophy wife (whom he recently offered to enter in a nude beauty contest in exchange for the the votes of some biker dudes). Women of America, this is a slap in the face. I'd rather wait until Claire McCaskill, Kathleen Sebelius, or a number of other MUCH more qualified Democratic women have their chance (and think Obama will pick one of them as his VP for his second term).

He is right, Obama needs to keep saying that at every town hall meeting at every rally, get it in the minds of voters, because its ridiculous, McCain liked Obama's theme of change so much he decided to make it his own, and he has been in Washington for more than 25 years and his party has controlled the White House for the past 8 years, and nothing good has been accomplished!

Palin (the communications major)pulled from campaigning alone

If she is not ready to be a VP candidate on day 1
she is not ready to be VP on day 1
if McCain falls she is definately not ready to be President on day 1

Now that's straight talk, but Obama is the one speaking it!

The McCain/Palin campaign ought to be ashamed of themselves thinking we're not paying attention! They're a bunch of hypocrites!

Why isn't Sarah Palin allowed to talk to the media, what is are the republicans afraid of that we'll find out more about? And affair that she had with her husbands best friend?

I don't know if McCain/Palin can change anything anymore than Obama/Biden can. I do know Obama can't cast stones at McCain for not changing anything in Washington when he is surrounding himself with people like Kennedy, Biden, Leahy, Reid, and Pelosi who have done absolutely nothing to change anything in ALL of their years in Washington. He also shouldn't be talking about lobbyists when the Democrats are just as guilty, albeit becoming quieter about it. The lobbyists will flock to Washington if Obama is elected after all of the deals he has made with labor unions, teacher unions, etc. Do people really think support thrown to him comes with no strings attached? I'm a realist, neither one is going to change much of anything, I've decided I'm just going with who I think is most trustworthy, which doesn't happen to be Obama at this point in time. At least McCain has gone against his own party on several occasions, more than can be said of Obama in the IL State Senate and his very short time in the US Senate. (I also can't stand his flip attitude when he gives performances like stated above - he doesn't know enough to be such a smart aleck yet.)

What is going on in Obama Camp ?

Howard Gutman, finance committe member chatised and rejected by Obama campaign for off-color remarks about Bristol Pain.

So did Gutman apologized in a statement to ABC News ?

shOcK !!!

mccain and palin wouldnt know change if it slapped them mccain had 26 years as senate to change did he no he followed bush and agreed with him 90 percent of the time mccain/palin= CHANGE YOU DONT WANT CHANGE YOU CANT BELIVE IN! GO OBAMA/BIDEN08

ANNA, in your entire list of the great Obama's accomplishments, you do not list ONE specific piece of legislation he has authored. You use the word "led" many times in your description of his accolades, how has he been able to lead anything when he has spent more than 50% of his elected term in the US Senate running for president? The only thing he has authored are two memoirs, both of which contain lies and exaggerations about his life. He is an eloquent speaker, and that is the ONLY reason he is where he is. Speaches only go so far, action speaks louder than words. How many pieces of legislation haas Obama vetoed in his life? How many Democrats has he stood up to, or fired when they are corrupt? Obama is a joke with NO experience. I also notice that the media, and people like yourself like to compare Obama's experience with the VP nominee and not the Presidential nominee for the Republicans. That is because Obama's two years in the senate are a joke compared to McCain's entire life of public service. Your arguments are very, very general and non-specific, just like your candidate.

It is being reported BO's denver thing discarded American Flags in the "trash". Boys Scouts have these and will bring to John McCain's rally in Colorado Springs. BO has disssed Small-Town America, his wife was not proud of America until a few months ago, and now he and supporters are throwing our American flags into the trash. What is wrong with this guy? We must learn now his reasons for doing this, before the election.

matter of fact, Mc CAIN has officially endorsed Obama!!!!!!!!

aWe !!!

Sarah Palin is very proud of McCain's support of the 'surge' in Iraq. Isn't she forgetting that if had not voted to support the war in Iraq we would not need a surge? Of course he supported the surge...he life is defined by war, as we heard (and heard, and heard) at the RNC.

A few people here seem to think Obama was the cleanup crew and personally threw out flags with the litter. Did McCain personally cleanup his convention, I bet they threw out flags too.

Obama does not do well when he is angry and feisty.

He does well in : throwing his folks under the bus !

The only way he going to recover in his falling polls is to throw BIDEN under the bus.

Now, that WILL be shOck and aWe !!!

did you guys here that Sarah Palin is being TUTORED on foreign policy? that is some scary sh-t!

With Russia, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, N. Korea...REAL THREATS...causing chaos, why would this woman so arrogantly decide she'd be ready to lead if she had to take over one day?

This woman is putting her self-interest above the interest of the American people. But no one should be surprised. This is a person who:

1. lied about her own record for political expediency.
2. paraded her own pregnant daughter and the father (both just teen-agers) onto the national spotlight for damage control, for her own political expediency.
3. is stalling now on an investigation for political expediency.

FOR ALL YOU REPUBLICANS WHO ALWAYS CRITICIZED HILLARY CLINTON FOR HER SHADY DEALINGS....WHY ARE YOU NOW SO HYPOCRITICALLY NOW EMBRACING SARAH PALIN? THIS WOMAN, NOW IT'S BEING REPORTED, EVEN HAD AN AFFAIR ON HER HUSBAND!!!!! THAT'S FAR WORSE THAN WHAT HILLARY HAS EVER DONE.

McCain/Palin 2008, you were going by "benvictor" on the other blog, changing your name doesn't make your distortions true.