First let me say up front, I'm no writer, but I am a LIBERAL (to the point of thinking that car insurance should be paid for by a gas tax), and I support Obama. That being said, I am going to try to address a few topics as objectively as I can. So here goes.

As I look at the foreign policy position of both McCain and Obama, I see one candidate (Obama) that says talking to friends as well as enemies is a good idea and that the more we talk, the better the chances of a positive outcome are (see Regan with the USSR and Nixon with China). The other candidate (McCain) I really have no idea about, other than that he disagrees with Obama. We have seen commercials and sound bites from McCain accusing Obama of everything from treason to being an appeaser and an elitist. But nothing to educate us on or clarify his own positions on what his foreign policy would be.

 McCain harassed Obama into taking an overseas trip then compares him to a celebrity when the trip is an apparent success.

People on both sides wonder why Obama can't "seal the deal". But look at the kind of ads run by both campaigns. Until recently the Obama campaign has not attacked John McCain nearly as negatively as the McCain campaign has attacked Obama.

At some point Obama MUST "loose the dogs" of negative attack ads, But they MUST be factual, not innuendos or speculations. They negative ads Obama needs to run MUST remind everyone about the BUSH/MCCAIN ties. 

OBAMA MUST, at every opportunity, USE MCCAIN'S OWN WORDS AGAINST HIM. And McCain is slowly making this very easy to do. Obama must not be afraid or shy away from going after McCain in the harshest, accurate way possible.

More Later.