Sixty-Six Oh Eight

According to AOL news, experts believe that John McCain still has some chance of winning the 2008 Presidential Election that is only 9 days away if he plays his cards right. Despite Obama’s eight point lead, McCain could pull through if he “frames the election as a choice of who’s better prepared to lead the country at a time of multiple crises.” Is this comeback possible with all the news that is flying around about the “Bush-McCain Philosophy” and the idea that there will be virtually little to no change if McCain is to take the presidency in 2009? Or is Obama’s lead set in stone?

Recently television advertisements paid for by Barack Obama’s campaign have shown John McCain stating that he voted with Bush 90% of the time during Bush’s presidency. Moreover, continuing to support the war in Iraq and making tax cuts in high class causes more problems with the middle class and lower class. Obama argues that it is essential for the United States to have a happy, working middle class in order for the nation to function properly. Speaking of jobs, according to Obama on his “Bush-McCain philosophy” the future would result in tax cuts for big corporations causing jobs to be pushed overseas and away from the lower and middle classes who need those jobs to support family and provide relief to the currently harsh economic situation our nation finds itself in.

Some say there is still hope for McCain. Global warming, campaign finance, balloon spending, and immigration are just a few of the issues that McCain has stood against Bush on. A key factor of the final 9 days of McCain’s presidential campaign is to travel through states in which he has lost ground as well as in key states such as Ohio. Perhaps one of McCain’s strongest points at this time during the race is that a Republican President is needed to “create a check on a Democratic Congress that he says is determined to increase taxes and the size of government,” according to Taiwan News. This could be important for those voters who have not decided the question: Obama or McCain? McCain offers a strong plan for the future with good ideas about education and energy but is it enough?

The United States of America is currently seeking change from what the past eight years have been. Because our nation finds itself in such a period of economic grief, it is difficult for any American to find faith in the current administration of Bush. With this in mind, more and more Americans are turning to Barack Obama to ensure change. We believe this is a good thing. Change is what we need and this nation cannot have another four years of the same economic grief and international tension that this country struggles with on a day-to-day basis.