McCain's Tricky Calculation

"Obama won 18 million votes, faced countless tough interviews and emerged with a reputation for fluency in discussing affairs of state" Mr. Alter do you seriously consider that proof of Obama's foreign policy credentials? The fact that Obama has been running for presidency for 3 of his 4 years in the senate is evidently the benchmark for foreign policy experience. All those tough interviews must have been really brutal especially when the media has refused to ask specifics of Obama. Instead they would rather focus on Palin's family. You get paid to write this drivel?

GET THE Experience FACTS STRAIT!

Sarah Palin : Mayor of a small town, Alaska Governor.

Obama :
Senator Obama has sponsored or co-sponsored close to 600 bills in the 109th and 110th Congress. Senator Obama has sponsored or co-sponsored almost 20 bills that have become LAW since he joined the Senate in 2005. Senator Obama has also introduced amendments to over 50 bills, of which 16 were adopted by the Senate. A few Obama successes: (1) Lugar-Obama legislation that has helped decrease the threat of old nuclear, biological, and chemical weapon in the former Soviet Union; (2) the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 which Obama co-authored and that led to www.USAspending.gov, which keeps Americans better informed on government spending. Obama was also responsible for The Dignified Treatment of Wounded Warriors Act, which passed in July of 2007 and addressed the pathetic and grotesque treatment received by Veterans under the Bush. Obama's bill was responsible for the largest increase in veterans benefits in the 77 year history of the VA.

And that doesn't include his 8 years in the Illinois State Senate from 1996-2004.

Yes, he worked as a community organizer from 1985-1988, a position which paid him only $13,000, but which has had a lasting impact on him, as evidenced by the comprehensive "bottom up" campaign he's running.

You said it, jem12475! Republicans don't have to 'show face' to support each other. Unlike the Obama 'party convention' which hosted a full house - they all want to be associated with someone popular but don't have any real ideas of their own. Conservatives (minority or not) share the same ideas of 'people make the country great' not 'government makes the country great' like Obama believes.

Did anyone else notice that when you see the Obama Biden signs that your eyes fool you and it can sometimes read: Osama BinLadin? Telling!

Palin offered more content in her RNC speech then Obama and Biden combined. She can be a heartbeat away from the presidency as far as I am concerned. I am retired military and this nation is at war. Having served and realizing the value of a good commander in chief and the trickle down impact it can have, McCain is the answer. I am not a Bush fan. More Americans need to track the failures of the UN Council. Reform IS needed. I would like to see more focus on the issues and less rhetoric and mud slinging.

when the debates come...shes done.

Newsweek has become Obamaweek. Your objectivity has dissolved into the ether. My respect for your magazine and most of her writers has dissolved as well. Farewell...

Jem...I did have a beer. No Kool-aid. I saw several minorities. I doubt RNC had Spielberg producing the convention. It is obvious that the DNC is much more scripted thus far. This can happen when you have the campaign budget that is something like 3 to 1 or greater of what McCain has. TV is the larger audience. I don't think the vacant seats behind the podium are at issue. The issue at had is content delivered thus far and real reform. Dems biggest fear is that McCain is too close to the middle....hence the "90 percent of the time" stat I heard many many times last week. Many Repubs are scared of McCain because he will challenge the establishment. More Dems should respect this. Please....please.....we don't need bigger government and higher taxes. Again.....we need more content in upcoming debates. Make an informed vote America.

Masterful pick Mr. McCain. Shame on you Mr. Atler, you know better. You of all people know that the liberal media types, think that Obama can do know wrong. He's your Chicago 'bro', you know he won't stand by and let people compare his long years in public service to a soccer mom's PTA leadership.

Ms. Palin is a fresh face, not the usual Washington beltway crowd that Mr. Obama says he wants to change, but I noticed that Mr. Obama's top Advisors are almost entirely made up of former President Clinton aides, secretaries and advisors. Is that a platform of change? Doesn't look like it to me.

Agreed... the arena seemed a bit empty. That said, Palin is the real deal... I agree the Rs's are gonna see a big bounce... she really highlights the dem hypocracy. She is everything the feminists claim they want... yet none support her. It's a shame... well it's been fun... time for bed!

I'm looking forward to Biden withdrawing after the story about Ashley Biden's 2001 DUI arrest comes out.