who would make the best president

I would vote for Barack today if I could. I don't trust Hillary on many levels. To me she isn't an honest person and is sucked into the political way of life or she would have left Bill after he publicly embarrassed her when he was with Monica. Barack is fresh and has already done some great things for Illinois. He isn't clouded over by politics and he seems very caring and genuine. I've scoured his website at http://obama.senate.gov/ and while there is no info regarding his opinions on our economy, he seems to have the right ideas to get our country back on track. As an atheist, I find it both amusing and pathetic that people across the US are calling him the antichrist because of his quick following. I also see that a lot of people are saying they won't vote for him just because of his name. One lady said, "Well I'm just not ready to vote for a man whose last name sounds like Osama, " And many other people have picked on his family name, which happens to be Hussein and he uses it as his middle name. I really thought we were all intelligent and evolved enough to pick a candidate based on whether or not he was right for the job. In a way I find it ironic that we have a black man who has a great shot at winning the presidency yet Americans don't seem to care about his ethnicity. All they care about is his name! I've never cared about race or gender myself but I'm bewildered at how republican states tend to care about race and now no one even seems to take notice. I'm probably not making my point well but I think Americans who care about race, gender and a name and not the real issues are nuts and they are completely holding us back as a society. It's like they always have to find a reason to judge others or they aren't happy and when it comes to such an important position, people just need to ignore their hang-ups for the good of society. I swear if Barack doesn't get elected just because of a name I will flee to Canada. I'm not kidding this time! :P

Let's say Hillary changed to the republican party and Obama remained a democrat. Then that would be Hillary vs Obama for president. I would vote for Hillary. Obama is way too inexperienced. Hillary has much more of an idea what is practical and what works and what does not. Hillary would be much more effective in the war on terror. Hillary would be more effective at anything you can think of. Hillary was an actual member of her husband's administration even though she did not hold an official office. Obama simply needs more experience.

I think that race and/or gender should matter but for reasons that have been oppressing women and minorities by having only white males in charge. I would love to see both of them on the ticket together in some way.