Debates

I watched the VP debates last night. I feel we got to see a good outline of the differences between the two men running for president. Both VP candidates stayed on their man's message. I am a registered independent. I have both conservative and liberal views of life and politics. I bet most Americans feel as I do. We don't fit into a demographic or category.
I have respect for Bidden and McCain. I also feel that someone who always opposed the war and wants to have dialogues when possible is a good change from Bush who doesn't dialogue with anyone with whom he disagrees, as far as I can see. He is never transparent because he doesn't want to be questioned.

I see the biggest differences being in the war. I also think for the first time, average people are understanding the differences in the economic philosophies that the two parties hold and the concrete realities of these differences. Both parties want to fix economy and health care but have strikingly different ways of handling it. I must admit, today, I do not think $250,000.00 is wealthy. Maybe we need to define middle class. There is a big difference between $250,000.0 and Steve Jobs and Bill Gates.

We can't afford to pull our of the mess that exist in Iraq. I know that Obama knows this. We have to maintain a presence. However, we can't act like the power that we once could, we are global in all respects now. China has made in roads with places by buying influence. Give them money and don't tell them how to act. these people owe them now. Russia senses a change and they are flexing too because they know we can't do anything about them. They know that Middle East will deal with anyone and China and Russia are ready to step up to the place so these countries don't have to deal with the US of A to get what they want. Michael Ware always says that he wants to hear the plans for what the candidates will do to pull out and avoid vacuum. I would at least like to see them talking to someone about what they would do? Who would be on their cabinets? Who are their advisers. I wish they had let Ware submit questions. They should.