I'll take someone with plain old common sense. None of the above makes for a great, or even mediocre, president.
I think McCain is physically and mentally tougher than many know. I don't think four years as president will be close to what he went through as a POW. His benchmark for what constitutes overwhelming stress is far beyond anything most people can comprehend. I want him to pick a true conservative for a running mate so that person can have the potential to become a president that actually governs from truly conservative principles.
IMO, Bush was elected thanks to the Democrat's ability to throw liberal candidates at us election after election. Bill Clinton didn't run as a liberal and he got two terms.
Obama is an empty suit, IMO. At best he is a blank slate and for me that makes him too risky to be president. He is a loaf of bread that was pulled out of the oven too early and still has a gooey center. Just because he has an Ivy League education doesn't make him smart in the way needed to run the country. Have you really watched him when he hasn't got a teleprompter? The guy is a bumbling, fumbling, stuttering mess. He has trouble stringing two sentences together and says "ummmm" to the point I can't listen to him for long.
He also comes across as being very arrogant and I think he actually believes the hype his campaign is spewing forth that he is the political messiah we have been waiting for. In reality he is just the latest liberal, elitist, sock puppet presidential candidate that George Soros is trying to con us into electing president. The only thing that differentiates him from Gore, Kerry, Ted Kennedy etc. is that his skin is black and he has far less experience to qualify him to be president.
IMO, campaigns are about the candidates laying out their general political leanings and the broad goals they intent to pursue. Their may be surprises for the winner once they are in office but they also need to know the general workings of the system. This is where McCain has a big edge over Obama. I think Obama it being run by major players behind the scene. It is why he is so scripted and they won't let him be put in situations where he has to think fast on his feet. When he is in these situations he tends to freeze up or say stupid things.
I agree, judging by their performance the past two years. They have accomplished absolutely nothing meaningful unless you consider holding hearings on Bush's administration a worthwhile pursuit. Their lack of accomplishment to pass a good energy bill might be what does them in this fall. People are smart enough to know that unless we produce more oil domestically we are going to continue to get hammered on gas prices. Pelosi screwed the pooch by going on recess without passing a bill to allow more drilling off-shore and elsewhere.
I disagree. I think it would be a signal to the Democrats that the country is tired of their party being controlled by the far left, radical liberal elites. If they had nominated a more centrist candidate they would be beating ANY republican by double digits. Instead they give us an unknown, untested, elitist liberal because they think the majority of us are stupid enough to be fleeced into voting for him.
Also, don't put too much stock in just how poorly the country thinks of Bush. He disapproval ratings are low because many conservatives think he has betrayed them. Many people like to think (incorrectly) that his rating are low because all those people that give him a thumbs down are wanting a more liberal government. This isn't so.
IMO, the general population is still very much right of center and this is why McCain is holding his own right now. Also, anyone that has followed politics even a little bit knows McCain is nothing like Bush. McCain is a true centrist right to his core. I would prefer someone more conservative than him but when given a choice between McCain and Obama the choice for me is very easy. McCain wins hands down. I shudder to think what the Supreme Court would look like after eight years of Obama in the White house. We would be well on our way to being a full blown socialist society. Then the things that made, and make, this country great would be lost.