Comparison Table: Issue 1: ExperienceSenator McCain:US Navy, 22 years (Includes many years of executive experience).US Senate, 26 years.Senator McCain’s running mate, Governor Sarah Palin has 12 years of executive experience as Governor and a small town Mayor.Senator Obama:Community Organizer, 4 years.Lawyer at a civil rights law firm, 5 years.State Senator, 8 years (Voted “present” around 100    .. more …

Money: Now that Obama has opted out of the public financing system and McCain has decided to stay in, it appears that Obama may have about $250 million to invest in the months of September and October and McCain may have only about $85 million.Should McCain be afraid? No and Yes.No, because I do not think that Obama’s financial edge will do much for him in advertising (traditional and    .. more …

The first election I was eligible to vote in was 1972. I lived in Arizona at the time. Nixon and Humpfrey were tearing into one another and I had just registered to vote for the first time. I registered as a Democrat but when my voter registration card arrived in the mail it said I was a Republican. I really didn?t think much of it at the time. Sometimes typographic errors just happen and it?s    .. more …