Yes, I want change.

I initially had great respect for John McCain. But when he completely submitted to his campaign handlers, doing whatever they told him to do, he lost me.

I agree with Obama's inexperience. I don't agree that his character is flawed as the result of his long ago relationships with the Ayers, Auliinskys and Wrights of the world.

I agree that what candidates say to get elected often proves to be something only a bit short of common lies. I keep hoping for something different, but I won't commit hari kiri if the pattern continues.

To me, a vote for Barack Obama is not a riskless choce. But to me he says more things that I agree with than McCain does.

If Obama's elected as all the polls indicate, all that's left to know is how much of the campaign rhetotic will actually be acted on. I think our position as the world's most overextended debtor nation will severely limit any plans by either candidate that are not deficit neutral. So if I'm right, I wouldn't expect either candidate to be able to accomplish much until our national ignorance of the facts of fiscal responsibilty are recognized. The sad part is that the rest of the world will be those applying the much-needed disipline and teaching us the lesson that we should have learned ourselves.

Bucco, you and I really aren't that far apart, other than on issues of emphasis. Keep posting.