This is a really good article, and it echoes a lot of the same feelings I have had about these candidates and this campaign.

When McCain was first selected as the Republican nominee, I also thought he was a great choice at that time. Before that, I had written the Republicans off completely because of this disasterous Bush presidency. But McCain was more of a centrist and more in line with my own philosophy. He was the best of the Republican field --- the ONLY one I would have picked.

And when the Democratic field narrowed down to Obama and Clinton, I had my misgivings, mostly because of Obama's relative lack of experience, and the fact that he was one of the more left-leaning of the Democrats.

But as the election went on, I grew to like McCain less and less, to the point that I really cannot stand him at all now. And I have grown to like Obama more and more, to the point where I am really looking forward to his presidency.

McCain has moved to the right so far that he has embraced all the things I dislike most about the Republican party. He has pandered to the far right wing that I cannot stand. His choice of Sarah Palin has not put the country first --- that was a very bad decision. Chanting "drill here, drill now," and the fact that his only economic plan is more tax cuts indicates to me that he is not only old, but his IDEAS are out of date. We need new ideas. I do not like his impulsive decision-making processes, where he doesn't seem to think clearly, and he swings from one thing to the next. His campaign has been so poorly run, that I don't have faith in his ability as a leader. He had a reputation of bipartisanship, but he has burned all those bridges with the kind of disgusting campaign he has run, and there is very little chance he could work with the Democratic congress after that. Everything that I liked about him is gone.

Obama is a steady hand and someone who thinks things through and is not impulsive. He does not rise to provokation. He has great advisors. He has new ideas. He will be very popular here and very popular abroad. He is charismatic enough to actually get things done. His campaign has been extremely well-run and tight, and that indicates he is a great adminstrator and disciplined leader. I can't wait for hm to be elected and to get our country back where it belongs --- a good economy that benefits us all, a restoration of our rights and principles, a confident country, respected in the world, with more friends than enemies, on the track to SOLVING problems.