2008 Presidential Race, who to vote for?

As a Moderate I have a hard time picking whether to be on the side of Democrats or Republicans. The reason why being a Moderate is so important is because you can be an unbiased judge of candidates without succumbing to easy definitive issues that parties focus on.

In other words, many Democrats and Republicans fall into the trap of voting for their party rather than voting for their candidate.

Voting for your party rather than the candidate is the biggest mistake someone can make. I've voted Democrat for '00 and '04, because I believed that Al Gore would be a magnificent president, and many Americans today regret not voting for Al Gore. I also voted for John Kerry because I believe that only a veteran can know how to handle a war properly.

In 2008, Bush's terrible policies and administration has made many Americans paranoid of voting Republican. The tides have turned, and the balance has shifted towards Democrats.

However, I know for a fact that having a Democratic Congress and a Republican President is the best combination that makes America successful and has done so in the past. Republicans failed because they had a Republican president and a Republican Congress. The same situations have negatively affected Democrats in such cases.

This time around, at least until the candidates make any significant changes--I will be voting for John McCain. Why? Well if one has followed John McCain, what he's been saying in his speeches, the debates, and interviews with great shows like The Daily Show, you'd notice that John McCain is a true Moderate and quite frankly, sometimes I'm surprised by the open-mindedness of him. He seems to think fairly on all issues in a balanced way. He doesn't succumb to Liberal or Conservative views.

John McCain does believe in Global Warming and wants a solution for it. Which is one reason why I would vote for Al Gore if he was running.

I just noticed that Hillary Clinton has just this minute been projected to win the Texas Primary as well as Ohio and Rhode Island. So Congratulations to her, I do not like her too much, but I think she at least has more experience than Barack Obama, who seems to just like to talk pretty.

Obama talks vague in his speeches like Nostradamus. I was going to vote for Obama in the primaries but then decided not to vote because of a letter he wrote to the ANCA about the Armenian Genocide.

Aside from the dispute of the Armenian Genocide, the mere fact that it is disputed by recognized historians such as Bernard Lewis, Guenter Lewy, Stanford Shaw, Norman Stone and others, it seems a little corrupt and cocky of Barack Obama to declare the Armenian Genocide a fact---especially since he isn't a historian but only a politician.

I don't like candidates who appease lobbyists.