This election will be one of the toughest ones that I've ever voted in, simply because, in my opinion, we once again have to chose between the 'lesser of two evils'. Because of his voting history, McCain has to be suspect; he has, in fact, voted with Bush much more than against. But, on the other hand, Obama essentially has NO real experience; at the very least, he has much less overall experience than Sarah Palin. Obama is a lot of glitz and glamour, and as the media likes to put it, 'charisma'. While we may like our president to have charisma, I'm not sure that that quality will translate into a good leader. Sabrina mentions the Republicans tactics of using, "fear, hate, and racism". Wake up, Sabrina..BOTH sides have been using those tactics. I have never been as ashamed at being a Democrat as I have this election. The Obama supporters have spent the past six weeks at destroying Sarah Palin on a purely personal level...bringing her family into the mix, her marriage, her speeches...not just trashing her ideas and comments, but trashing her on her delivery and use of 'country comments'. If you don't want her based on her experience or lack thereof, say so, but keep it at a political level, not a personal one. Having said that, I again must point out that if voters won't vote for McCain because of Palin's relative inexperience, then in order to avoid hypocrisy, they must also abstain from voting for Obama as well. On paper, side by side, Palin still has more political experience than Obama. Being a community activist is not even in the same league as being a governer of a state. And while Obama is making all of the politically correct 'feel good' promises, he still has to deliver. Congress still has the power and authority to legislate new laws and policies; if they don't agree with Obama, his promises will fail. Obama has based 90% of his campaign on the basic assertion that voting for McCain will be voting for four more years of Bush policies. I'm sure a lot of gullible people are buying into that assertion. Fine. If Obama gets elected, and the polls say he will, then I say, "Okay, Bush is out, you're in. As of day one of your presidency, I don't want to hear anymore about Bush. It's YOUR ballgame. Any successes that you have will be yours. SIMILARLY, any failures of your administration must also be yours. If your policies plunge us into a deeper recession or depression (as I'm sure they will), will you be man enough to take the full blame? Or will you spend the next four years blaming the previous administration?" Time will tell. One last thing, Sabrina, I disagree with you wholeheartedly on your insinuation that the Republicans have been playing the race card. It's the Liberals (mostly Democrats) who have been playing the race card; they're the ones who openly state that anyone who won't vote for Obama must be racist; they're the ones who call talk shows and literally scream at anyone who finds fault with Obama's policies; they're the ones who say that people who downplay the importance of community activism do so because of latent racist beliefs; I was personally trashed in these forums because I stated some time ago that I'm against literally 'giving everything' to poor people because, in my own experiences, people who are given everything tend to not appreciate what they're given and don't take care of those freebies. In particular, I mentioned how I used to work in public housing developments where people were on welfare and Section 8 housing, yet managed to own Cadillacs and Mercedes. Those situations were factual; I saw them for myself. And yet, I had liberal posters here say I was showing my true racist colors. I don't believe its racist to be against certain economic policies. I sincerely believe that a strong economy benefits big business; a healthy big business climate benefits the employees as well as the stockholders; in turn, healthy business climates mean more jobs, better wages, more spendable income. History has shown time and time again that when you penalize big business through increased taxation, they pull back the strings; jobs are lost, new hires are cut, wages are cut, and employee contributions to benefits are increased. Jimmy Carter's administration proved this to be factually true; we don't need Obama to repeat Carter's mistakes.