Debate Does Not Excite Me About Either Guy

Who else thinks that both of these guys aren’t that impressive? I keep watching and hoping to be inspired by one of the candidates. But both seem to fall short for me. On top of everything else I have my concerns about McCain’s age, views on religion, abortion, and choice for VP. At the same time I worry about Obama’s experience, past relationships with some questionable individuals, and ability to manage the country’s foreign policy and relations with the rest of the world.

So I eagerly watch the debates to see which man feels more “presidential” to me. With only a few weeks to go I still don’t know clearly who I am going to vote. And my current confusion does not seem to be an isolated case. Many in this country are divided and undecided. Many have issues with both candidates that make neither the standout leader for their support.

Has there ever been this much indecision in the past with only a few days to go before the election? Not in my memory. There have been fiercely fought campaigns, but normally people are squarely for one candidate or the other. This year people just don’t know and that is scarier then anything else.

From USATODAY.com - NASHVILLE: John McCain and Barack Obama exchanged blame and offered proposals to address the nation’s financial crisis during Tuesday’s presidential debate, with McCain promising aid to struggling homeowners and Obama saying the government must assure the massive federal financial rescue package works as planned.

The town hall-style debate focused immediately on the economy and stayed on it for much of the night, with McCain calling for the Treasury Department to buy up troubled mortgages — with some conditions — and renegotiate them with homeowners at the current value of homes. His campaign estimated the cost of the program at $300 billion.

“Is it expensive? Yes, but we all know, my friends, until we stabilize home values in America, we’re never going to start turning around and creating jobs and fixing our economy, and we’ve got to get some trust and confidence back to America,” McCain said.

“It is my proposal. It’s not Sen. Obama’s proposal. It’s not President Bush’s proposal,” he addedd.

Obama called the current downturn “the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression” and said the government must assure that the financial rescue package signed into law last week worked as planned.

“I believe this is a final verdict on the failed economic policies of the last eight years, strongly promoted by President Bush and supported by Senator McCain,” he said.

The debate began hours after the Dow Jones industrial average tumbled another 508 points, and the resulting financial anxiety is looming large over tonight’s session.

The two clashed repeatedly over taxes and spending, with McCain saying that “nailing down Sen. Obama’s various tax proposals is like nailing Jell-O to a wall.”

“I’m going to ask the American people to understand that there are some programs that we’ll going to have to eliminate,” McCain said, but he limited that proposal to “programs that aren’t working.”

Obama said the nation’s debt problems start “with Washington. I think we’ve got to show that we’ve got good habits, because if we run up trillion-dollar debts that get passed on to the next generation, then a lot of people are going to think there’s easy money out there.” READ THE REST AT McCain, Obama spar over economy in debate - USATODAY.com