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Presidential Elections 2008

Who would make a better President?

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Results so far:

Obama
62% 166 votes Total: 268 votes
McCain
38% 102 votes
  • 1 of 19

    by Natasha L. Kohlhoff Polak

    While I have not been 100% up to speed on all the issues surrounding the race for president, as with all policies and plans for improvement, I've highlighted what my main focus ...read more

  • 2 of 19

    by Paul Schingle

    There are two yardsticks I use in determining who I choose to vote for in any given election. Those two critera are ideology and leadership. On the first count, there really i...read more

  • 3 of 19

    by Nancy Emery

    Barack Obama has shown that he is extremely well-read, well-informed, and well-prepared, unlike one good-looking-but-dimwitted vice-presidential candidate, and won't be easily s...read more

  • 4 of 19

    by Abe Ropitini

    The past eight years of political turmoil in the United States warrant a significant need for change in attitudes and policy-making in Washington. The global economy is spiralli...read more

  • 5 of 19

    by AngelaCharles

    Obama for President The 2008 Presidential Election has become one of the most historic elections in decades. Not only has it been historic in the diversity of the candidates, b...read more

  • 6 of 19

    by Reno Wolfe

    In the last two years, Obama has done far more as a Senator than McCain has done in 26 years. McCain has never drawn a paycheck from anybody outside of the U.S. Government. McCa...read more

  • 7 of 19

    by Adam Smith

    This has been the easiest choice in Presidential politics in the last 40 years and here are the reasons why. 1. John McCain, while growing to his current popularity as a "Mav...read more

  • 8 of 19

    by Richard Meese

    Obama would make a better President than John McCain based on superior judgement, creative thinking and flexibility in dealing with a fast changing world. These qualities are m...read more

  • 9 of 19

    by Jean-Pierre

    Who would make a better President? Even though Senator McCain has a long and illustrious career as a politician, this very same factor is sufficient to disqualify him as a go...read more

  • 10 of 19

    by Kelly Adolph

    I will start by saying I haven't always been that interested in politics. When I became old enough to vote several years ago, I did so proudly, however, I never really knew or ...read more

  • 11 of 19

    by Jeffery A. Faulkerson

    Barack Obama would make a better President for the following reasons: On Monday, September 1st, I received word that Bristol Palin, the 17-year-old daughter of Alaska Governo...read more

  • 12 of 19

    by Stephanie Grohol

    In my humble opinion, I think Barack Obama would make a better president. Obama is a family man, with a wife and two children. He has this flair about him that makes you like hi...read more

  • 13 of 19

    by Alicia Black

    "I'm asking you to believe. Not just in my ability to bring about real change in Washington... I'm asking you to believe in yours." -Barack Obama In such difficult times ...read more

  • 14 of 19

    by George Ivanov

    I am going to answer this question in favour of the one candidate that really deserves to lead the monolith to the south of the 49th parallel. Yes, I am talking about Barack Oba...read more

  • 15 of 19

    by Micah Myers

    In terms of diplomacy, intelligence, and affability, Obama will clearly make the best president. The man has class, a young face, and something called charisma which McCain lac...read more

  • 16 of 19

    by Fred Tolleson

    In my mind Senator Barack Obama is clearly the best choice of the two persons running for the office of the President of the United States. I have to admit that I am a Democrat...read more

  • 17 of 19

    by Isaac Madengu Mangatu

    April 4, 1968 the great leader MLK was assassinated, to many it was a state of hopelessness, the death of a great motivator. His death was not an end of hope; it was the beginni...read more

  • by William Cobbs

    I cannot see that there is even a reason for debating this fact...we can summarize the truths themselves and arrive always at a conclusion that BARACK OBAMA is the choice for no...read more

  • 19 of 19

    by Claudej

    How many must die before the President and McCain admits it was a lie, WMD. They convinced Congress, not the American people of the need for the United States to move with speed...read more

  • by Renata Hunter

    WAR ON IDEAS: McCain will be a better president because of the ideas he and Palin embody. As Americans, we need to go beyond the parties of the parties and the individuals who e...read more

  • 2 of 17

    by Michael Greaney

    Just for fun the other day, I tried an experiment. I took the rhetoric from both campaigns, and simply replaced the names of the individuals they were criticizing. Frankly, I ...read more

  • 3 of 17

    by Mona Gallagher

    The two major political parties, the Democrats and Republicans give us a choice between a solid known commodity such as John McCain, and a relatively unknown candidate named Bar...read more

  • 4 of 17

    by David Brown

    John McCain without a shadow of a doubt is the best choice for President of the United States and this comes from a convert to the Republican Party from the Democratic Party. I...read more

  • 5 of 17

    by Eric Ward

    WHAT TO DO? This year's election proves to be one of the more interesting ones in recent memory, yes even more interesting than the election Florida was the centerpiece of. ...read more

  • 6 of 17

    by Bob Schmidt

    The answer to who would make a better President depends upon individual circumstance, and perspective. Candidates Obama, and McCain represent very different options that could c...read more

  • 7 of 17

    by Peggy Molloy

    I care to make a wager. I will speculate that the stock market will not go back up until a Republican President is elected. I will vote Republican because of my ideals that are ...read more

  • 8 of 17

    by Patricia Gilliam

    I think McCain would make a better President for several reasons, but I think the most important set of reasons is his approach toward national issues. We are at a point in our...read more

  • 9 of 17

    by Ray Burke

    Welcome to the McCain Presidency: This is what I see from across the pond and as someone who has lived in New York, studied American history in high school, and experienced m...read more

  • 10 of 17

    by Cat Shomo

    I've made a decision about the candidate I intend to support. My decision is based on personal convictions and not on the personalility of those who now want to be President. Bo...read more

  • 11 of 17

    by RubyUnicorn

    I am a registered Independent. I am independent, yet conservative in my views and ideas. I believe that "We the People" of this United States have a lot on the line this elect...read more

  • 12 of 17

    by Joshua Murphy

    John McCain is absolutely the more better president and alot more professional than Barack Obama. During the course of Barack's term as Senator, all he's ever done was get toge...read more

  • 13 of 17

    by John Journey

    I have been paying attention to politics since the 1984 presidential election, and voting since the 1992 election. That was the first year that I was old enough to vote, and li...read more

  • 14 of 17

    by Michelle N. Broughton

    Given a choice, I would take a third candidate over either of those running at this time. However, since that is not the case, I choose Senator McCain over Senator Obama, mainl...read more

  • 15 of 17

    by Barry Girolamo

    Who would make a better parent, a twelve year old, or a stable and sane thirty year old? The Debate title might as well be that absurd. How can the two candidates possibly be ...read more

  • 16 of 17

    by Steven Walker

    We need a real man to be the president of the United States. On July 29, 1967, while sitting in his A-4E Skyhawk on the USS forestall cruising off the coast of Vietnam, a Zuni ...read more

  • 17 of 17

    by Fiona109

    If I must choose between the two, I would vote McCain for no other reason than he is the lesser of two Evil's, as the saying goes, neither is Evil, but neither is a good choice,...read more

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