The Issues, No. 57 - Why Obama Makes Sense

Election day is one week from today and I've been thinking a lot lately about which candidate will be the most effective President. I know I already said I will vote for Obama after the Republicans picked Palin as McCain's running mate, and I meant it. When I said it, however, I wasn't really convinced that Obama would be any more effective than McCain as our President.

My recent thought process tells me that, for a number of reasons, Obama will be more effective. First, with the country generally fed up with the Bush administration and it's Republican policies, I have to believe that, after the election, the majority in both houses of Congress will continue to be Democrat. A Democrat majority in Congress will obviously be more sympathetic to a President from the same party and therefore, change will be easier.

Second, I think Obama is more in tune with every day America. He hasn't been tainted yet by a career in Washington but he knows how it works and he knows what the American people would like to see changed. I think his positions on "pork" and lobbyists are more believable than McCain's only because McCain has been there long enough to do something about those issues and hasn't. So, I think an Obama administration will do more to try and get Washington working for all Americans than would a McCain administration.

There are other reasons too, why I believe Obama will be more effective but the last one I want to talk about is the man. I think Obama may be one of those people who, like JFK, has a magnetic quality about him that by its very nature commands respect and inspires others to rise to higher levels. And I think because of this, and the reasons discussed above, he will be the most effective President. And that's why Obama makes sense!