08 Feb 08 McCain is our Man! It’s not as bad as it seems.

With the removal of Mitt Romney from the race, it looks like John McCain will be the Republican nominee.  I too am not thrilled with a few of John’s decisions, Particularly in regards to limiting free speech with the McCain Fingold bill.  But, in all reality he does look at issues with a similar logic to my own.  His decision to support the comprehensive immigration bill despite the rhetoric and hype produced by the party base showed me that he understands the issue better than most, and has the courage to make a decision despite the unpopularity of the decision.  Voting against the Bush tax cuts, and many other of his votes shows his understanding that the biggest threat to our economy is our ballooning national dept.  Now, I think he has learned that tax cuts do not decrease revenue, he will make better decisions regarding taxes in the future.  All in all he will be strong on national security issues, and good with foreign affairs, good on government waste,  moderate on personal rights and moderate  on the economy.  That is certainly better than either of the Democratic candidates which would be poor on National security, Fair with foreign affairs, poor on personal rights and abysmal on the economy.

I do not believe that I have to agree on every issue with a candidate to support them.  I have to admit that it is hard to find a candidate that believes we should cut the National Endowment for the Arts, Health and Human Services, Department of Education, Food Stamps, CHIP, and basically everything except the department of defense, and what is necessary to take care of national transportation issues, Cut Income Tax and go back to a voluntary tax system that we used to have.  But there are not many politicians out there promising to cut government programs and particularly welfare. So I choose my candidates based on who I think is best of the likely contenders. John McCain is definitely the best option now out of those that have a chance of winning.

05 Feb 08 How did I vote on Super Tuesday?

Well the big day is here.  I went to the polls to put in my vote for who I would like to support in the presidential election.  As I considered the candidates I would consider for office it came down to three people.  Mitt Romney, John McCain, and Ron Paul.  Although I like the passion of Ron Paul, and some of his ideas, his understanding of our economy, and how our finance system works is not based in reality.  Sure in speeches it sounds great, but when it comes down to what really works in a global economy, many of his initiatives don’t hold water.  Besides the president does not make laws, and I seriously doubt his ability to get much done with congress.  John McCain is a very viable candidate and I like his ability to work with the other side of the isle  on a variety of issues.  I’m not like many of the radio folks that hate McCain.  Although the Immigration bill he supported had some flaws, I agree with McCain that we need a comprehensive solution to deal with it.  Enforcement 1st, won’t work without a structured system to deal with the underlying reasons for illegal immigration.  In the end though I question his judgment dealing with the elimination of free speech through campaign finance reform.  I voted for Mitt Romney,  He is a solid candidate that has a proven track record of correcting problems.  He is the only candidate that seems to have a sound understanding of our economy, and what it will take to keep it running.  He seems to look first toward private industry as a solution to our problems rather than the government. He has sound judgment, and knows how to lead.