I happen to catch part of the democratic debate the other day. I've already decided that I absolutely cannot vote for a republican this time around so I thought I'd take in a little of what these candidates had to say. In the past I have voted republican pretty consistently, but this time around I feel as if the past 8 years of the Bush administration really needs to be balanced out by a decent democrat. Some may say that its my liberal California education that has changed my political views, but I think my change in perspective has more to do with maturity and age.
While I am not dismissing all the republican candidates, I can say for sure that I will not vote for neither Huckabee nor Romney. The whole religion thing is just too extreme for me. I can't stand when political figures base their policies to please the religious right. As much as they say they are against big government, they love to impose their "morals" on everyone else (ie. gay rights). Guliani seems ok, but still very polar on issues I find important. John McCain has no shot of winning and at this point, I don't know enough about Fred Thompson.
So that leaves the democrats: Clinton, Obama, and Edwards. There are others but those are the front runners. Now, I already said that I am going to vote democrat in order to balance the power, but I also have a few issues that I find important to me and only seem to be heavily backed by democrats; the environment, socialized health care, the economy and education. As much as it pains me to admit it, Hilary seemed to have very clear answers in the debate (at least the parts I caught between the crying and whining going on at my house at the time). She answered the questions very straight-forward and honest, while some of the other candidates dodged their questions. All the candidates were asked what their realistic first year acomplishments would be if they were elected. Most of them answered as if we lived on Jupiter and had a 4000-day year. Obama and Clinton were the only two that had realistic goals and answered the question accordingly.
It will be an interesting election. We could end up with the first black president, the first female president, or maybe the first Mormon president. Honestly, I was more excited when Stephen Colbert was running.
While I am not dismissing all the republican candidates, I can say for sure that I will not vote for neither Huckabee nor Romney. The whole religion thing is just too extreme for me. I can't stand when political figures base their policies to please the religious right. As much as they say they are against big government, they love to impose their "morals" on everyone else (ie. gay rights). Guliani seems ok, but still very polar on issues I find important. John McCain has no shot of winning and at this point, I don't know enough about Fred Thompson.
So that leaves the democrats: Clinton, Obama, and Edwards. There are others but those are the front runners. Now, I already said that I am going to vote democrat in order to balance the power, but I also have a few issues that I find important to me and only seem to be heavily backed by democrats; the environment, socialized health care, the economy and education. As much as it pains me to admit it, Hilary seemed to have very clear answers in the debate (at least the parts I caught between the crying and whining going on at my house at the time). She answered the questions very straight-forward and honest, while some of the other candidates dodged their questions. All the candidates were asked what their realistic first year acomplishments would be if they were elected. Most of them answered as if we lived on Jupiter and had a 4000-day year. Obama and Clinton were the only two that had realistic goals and answered the question accordingly.
It will be an interesting election. We could end up with the first black president, the first female president, or maybe the first Mormon president. Honestly, I was more excited when Stephen Colbert was running.
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