Why People support Senator Obama

Wow, that was an eye opener and a scarey one. This election has been going on forever it seems like. People have had a lot of opporunity to get to know the candidates and still some people are absolutely clueless when they make the decision. These people watch a couple of minuates of news, see who is ahead or the "star" and say ok I am going to vote for that person and have no idea who or what they are actually voting for. I think it is irresponsible. But unforunately there is nothing we can do about it. That is scary. Voting for someone and not even knowing what they stand for. Thanks for sharing this. But it does not make me sleep any better at night.

It is sad that these people are so misinformed, however, that is just a handful of people. Just like those crazy people at the McCain/Palin rallies were just a handful of people. We cannot judge every voter, be it Democratic or Republican, on a few crazy or misinformed people. At least I'm hoping that most Americans are responsible enough to listen to both men, hear what they have to say and make a rational judgment based on the facts. I have watched the debates. I have listened to not only the men who are running for President but their running mates as well. I am voting for Obama not because of his race but because I agree with him on most everything, especially the stem cell research. I am also voting Democrat because when looking at the possible VP's, which any responsible voter will do since we never know what will happen in the future, I think that Biden is more competent than Palin. Which brings me around to a lot of male voters who seem to want to vote for McCain simply because they think that Sarah Palin is "hot". I don't see it, however, to each their own opinion. However, I don't judge someone by their looks. I judge them for what's between their ears. You brought up a good point though. There are, and again I stress Hopefully a few, voters who will vote for a candidate for some silly reason such as race, looks or whatever. I have to believe that there are many more responsible voters than these or else the future looks pretty dismal. However, Bush got voted in for a second term so I guess anything is possible.

Its just so important to research canidates. This makes you wonder how many people have actualy checked into who any of these canidates are? Theres something to be said for responsible voting!