"Obama has proposed a national insurance program to allow individuals and small businesses to buy affordable health care similar to that available to federal employees, funded by a tax on employers who don't provide coverage. Individuals would not lose coverage when they switch jobs."
View full article here.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
McCain-Obama Tax Break Comparison
"Obama's plan gives the biggest cuts to those who make the least, while McCain would give the largest cuts to the very wealthy."
View the full article here.
Minneapolis Star Tribune analysis here.
McCain's new line of attack
It seems to me that John McCain is the last person that should accuse anyone of being out of touch.
"Although Mr. Obama has been under an intense public spotlight for the last year, he is still relatively new on the national scene, and polls indicate that for all the enthusiasm he has generated among his supporters, many voters still have questions about him, providing Republicans an opening to shape his image in critical groups like white working-class voters between now and Election Day."
Article here.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
What does Obama represent to this country and those that would vote for him?
"Obama brings something no one else does to this moment. By replacing one of the most globally despised and domestically divisive presidents in American history with a young leader half-Kansan and half-Kenyan, America would be saying something to the world: Bush-Cheney is not who we are. America is not what it has come to appear to be."
Full post here.
"Thirteen Things to Know About McCain's Attack Ads"
"While the TV ad says that McCain is always there for the troops, he actually opposed the new GI Bill authored by Obama ally Jim Webb, the former Navy Secretary-turned-Virginia Senator. Webb, as it happens, is an old friend of McCain, who has called him "a legendary fighting man," as befits the most highly decorated Marine combat officer of the Vietnam War. McCain lost badly in the Senate on Webb's new GI bill, but he and President Bush later tried to take some credit for its passage."
Full article here.
Full article here.
"McCain's Ad Strategy"
"Team McCain--now led by savvy Bush-Cheney veteran Steve Schmidt--may be a lot less idiotic than the chattering classes suspect."
Article here.
Interview: Adam S.
"This is an election where it doesn't matter what they look like on paper."
"I'd rather have a president that adjusts his view as he gets new information than a stubborn one who won't admit he's made a mistake."
"I'd rather have a president that adjusts his view as he gets new information than a stubborn one who won't admit he's made a mistake."
Interview: Nathaniel S.
Reasons enumerated
1. He's relatively new to the washington scene and has already risen to the top on leadership ability.
2. He's made that rise through grass-roots public support, not a well-funded political machine. As far as I can tell, he's nobody's placed puppet.
3. As the election has progressed, he has for the most part remained true to what he's always said was the best track for our country. McCain on the other hand started towing the party line :30 after he clinched the nomination
4. He's a candidate looking to bring practical transparency back to government. To bring accountability. To talk to the countries (like Iran) that we're having difficulty with.
5. He's noticeably uncomfortable with prepared remarks and contrived rhetorical situations. However when it comes time for him to speak from his mind, what he has to say is not only poignant, but relevant, inspiring, and actionable. I don't know if he will follow through on his aspirations for national change, but he has yet to put forth an idea that we couldn't actually achieve as a country under actual, dedicated leadership.
In a nutshell
I'm not voting for him because of his stance on any one issue, even though I agree with most of his stances, but rather because he consistently demonstrates a leadership ability with inherent good judgment. The reality of a presidency isn't following through on campaign promises. Rather, it's about what that leader does with the policy hand he's dealt and how he chooses to steer the country when unexpected situations arise.
Bush's stance on tax breaks, education, or even national defense didn't mean anything when 9/11 happened. What does matter is that he used his leadership position not to act in the country's best interests, but to prove something to his daddy and make his buddies lots and lots of money.
Issues matter, but I'm much more interested in his leadership ability and his philosophy as a human being. If he's guided by a desire to make this country better and to serve and protect the people that live here, that's what I need.
Any thoughts on the Republican party as it is now?
"What used to be a party of small, responsible government, has turned into a fear-mongering, nearly fascist, imperialistic dynasty."
1. He's relatively new to the washington scene and has already risen to the top on leadership ability.
2. He's made that rise through grass-roots public support, not a well-funded political machine. As far as I can tell, he's nobody's placed puppet.
3. As the election has progressed, he has for the most part remained true to what he's always said was the best track for our country. McCain on the other hand started towing the party line :30 after he clinched the nomination
4. He's a candidate looking to bring practical transparency back to government. To bring accountability. To talk to the countries (like Iran) that we're having difficulty with.
5. He's noticeably uncomfortable with prepared remarks and contrived rhetorical situations. However when it comes time for him to speak from his mind, what he has to say is not only poignant, but relevant, inspiring, and actionable. I don't know if he will follow through on his aspirations for national change, but he has yet to put forth an idea that we couldn't actually achieve as a country under actual, dedicated leadership.
In a nutshell
I'm not voting for him because of his stance on any one issue, even though I agree with most of his stances, but rather because he consistently demonstrates a leadership ability with inherent good judgment. The reality of a presidency isn't following through on campaign promises. Rather, it's about what that leader does with the policy hand he's dealt and how he chooses to steer the country when unexpected situations arise.
Bush's stance on tax breaks, education, or even national defense didn't mean anything when 9/11 happened. What does matter is that he used his leadership position not to act in the country's best interests, but to prove something to his daddy and make his buddies lots and lots of money.
Issues matter, but I'm much more interested in his leadership ability and his philosophy as a human being. If he's guided by a desire to make this country better and to serve and protect the people that live here, that's what I need.
Any thoughts on the Republican party as it is now?
"What used to be a party of small, responsible government, has turned into a fear-mongering, nearly fascist, imperialistic dynasty."
"Obama links McCain to 'reckless' GOP economics"
"These anxieties seem to be growing with each passing day," Obama said on a campaign trip in this economically ailing battleground state. "We can either choose a new direction for our economy or we can keep doing what we've been doing. My opponent, John McCain, thinks we're on the right track."
Full story here.
Statement of Purpose
This blog will be short-lived. Its sole purpose is to catalog the myriad reasons why the people in my life have chosen to vote for Barack Obama rather than his Republican counterpart, John McCain.
The intent is to demonstrate that, yes, in fact, people voting for Obama have actual reasons to vote this way.
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