Who should I vote for..

Last year, before a Republican presidential nominee was clear, I said that I really hoped it would be John McCain. I said the same thing when Bush ran for his first term.

I feel McCain has strong military background, which is important to understanding and managing our position in Iraq. I feel that he has been around a long time and that is important because history repeats itself and yes, the older I get the more wise these older folks look to me (rather than just old and fogey). I also liked McCain because at the time my husband and I were both working which put our incomes into a highly taxed bracket and I felt like a Republican would do more to keep our hard earned cash in our pockets.

That said, I don't want Sarah Palin for president - I would never vote for her - she is too conservative and too inexperienced, among other things. This has put me in quite a quandry because I feel a bit like a vote for McCain is a potentially a vote for her to be president (given his age).

In an earlier post, I declared a hop for another party more "in the middle" to vote for, but since I feel like that choice ends up being a non-choice in this race, I will be spending the next few weeks really delving into the options I do have (McCain/Palin or Barrack/Biden).

So to ease into it and for fun, I took a quiz on "Who should you vote for" dot com and here are my results...


Who should you vote for?

Barack Obama				42
John McCain	-24

You expected: Barack Obama
Your recommendation: Barack Obama

Party: Democratic
Born: 1961, Honolulu, Hawaii
Family: wife and two daughters
Career: Business International Corporation; NYPIRG; attorney and constitutional law lecturer
Political career: Member of the Illinois State Senate from the 13th district, 1997-2004. Incumbent Junior Senator from Illinois since 2005
Hot topic: Universal healthcare
Did you know? He is the only African American currently serving in the US Senate

Who do you like?

That's my P.C. way of asking...who are you voting for? I ask this question a lot - to people I know very well, people I admire and think may share my same views, people I know are no match whatsover to me ...this is mostly because I'm not sure who I like, or more likely who I feel is the more viable candidate. Looking at it more closely, I am trying to whittle it down to Who is the "best fit" for what our country needs now.

I know I am supposed to vote, that it is our right and duty - and I do. But truthfully, at times, I feel unqualified to do so. I just don't feel plugged into all of the issues (read: I think that we don't even know what many of the issues are, someone's not sharing all their info, because they can't or because they won't or because I wouldn't understand it anyway?).

Life seems to only get more complicated as I get older. Your eyes get opened over and over again to all of the intricate layers that are out there and soon the web is so thick, you don't know which way to look for the sun. Isn't there someone more qualified than me? Someone who does know the issues, who is educated about them, involved and "in the know." Ah, yes, I guess that's why I am supposed to vote, to choose that person. And so the vicious circle continues.

That said, my complaint is that there is no one person who is out there who is an exact match for my view of what is needed. Someone is always just a bit off on one thing or another. If I vote for someone who's really close, they are usually not in a "national party" and then my vote turns out to be a vote for nobody, or taking a vote away from someone who was closer to my wants than that that other guy.

I wish we had run-off voting (is that what it's called?). That way I could make my symbolic vote for the candidate I REALLY want and then also cast a vote for that other candidate who doesn't quite match but is with a national party (and therefore can garner enough votes to actually win), that way I am not in essence voting for that third candidate who I never really wanted at all.
Where do I go to vote to get something like that put in place?