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I have to give Hillary Clinton some credit in getting me so interested in the 2008 Presidential campaign. After all, Hillary kept calling me at home and even had Bill Clinton and her staffers phone me to let me know that my voice counted. She told me my opinion mattered and as an American, how could I disagree? I wrote more about Hillary calling me - but really that's another story and you can read here: Hillary Clinton Calling



What DOES Hillary Clinton say about Sarah Palin? More about that below! Keep reading lots of good stuff to go.

September 11, 2001 has not been forgotten as all Americans have pledged and Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama scheduled to appear together twice Thursday and agreed to suspend all TV ads critical of each other to commemorate the day terrorists forced four airplanes to crash into the World Trade Center towers in New York City, a field in Shanksville, Pa., and the Pentagon in Washington, killing nearly 3,000 people.

Their respect and devotion to America and Americans is demonstrated by both men and never more important than this day. I salute both men for their honor.

President of the USA is decided once every four years. The candidates who are chosen to run for President get to choose their Vice President. It's like an invite to a party that says B.Y.O.VP. (bring your own VP). You have to announce it before Election Day though so who you choose for your running mate can win or lose you some serious votes.

I know alot of you are political analysts, election day news gurus and campaign managers, but I am just one of the "we the people" and I'm learning as I go.

It's amazing, really, how many political experts there are in America. Some write news articles, books, TV news stations including everyone from local town stations to CNN have political analysts and my favorite, correspondents who are experts because they used to be:

Campaign Managers
Political Advisors
White House Staff
Former FBI Agents
Candidates that ran for any Office in any Town but Lost

Since none of the above have those jobs anymore, I have to wonder if we should be taking their advice? Hmmm.....

Sarah Palin for VP? Governor of Alaska? Honestly? I thought "Are you kidding me!". I was leaning towards the always patriotic, straight shooting Republican that I always associated with integrity. But now? Are you kidding, Sarah Who?

I decided that not only will women not like her because hey, she has made it in a male dominated political world to be nominated as VP and she's good looking. Most women really would get an attitude towards her for that accomplishment instead of respect it, probably because it would threaten them somewhat since it isn't them. Hey I'm just saying...women can be a little catty you know!

Lots of women could get past that or are already above that but look at her views on abortion. She's totally Pro Life. I'm totally Pro Choice. Women overall, want the right to choose. Not all, but the majority and most women aren't thinking they want another woman telling them they have to have a baby they don't want.

And Alaska? Really? Nobody identifies with Alaska. The population of Alaska in July, 2005 was estimated at 663,661 people.

How many people live in NYC?
There are more people in New York City (7,895,563) than there are in the states of Alaska, Vermont, Wyoming, South Dakota, New Hampshire, Nevada, Idaho, Utah, Hawaii, Delaware, and New Mexico combined. That's alot of voters.

Baltimare, MD has 671,588 and Jacksonville, FL has 805,605 residents. San Jose, TX has 939,899 Americans living in their town. And these are just cities, not even whole states. So who is going to relate to Alaska?

I was talking to my daughter Cindy about it and I told her rather cynically, I didn't think anyone would relate to Sarah Palin, Governor of Alaska. What does Alaska have anyway, penguins! And my daughter said no. They don't have penguins. Of course they have penguins I said, sheesh. You know icebergs, snow, winter all the time, penguins. And she said NO. Penguins are in Antarctica, not Alaska.

I did what any bright American would do who was so sure of themselves. I googled it. Guess what, no penguins in Alaska. Then I wondered what else I didn't really know, about Alaska and Governor Sarah Palin. So I googled that too.

John McCain and Sarah Palin kicked some butt at the Republican National Convention. Americans who never heard of Governor Palin and hardly know where Alaska is, well they know now! McCain backers and Democrats for McCain all got a boost of enthusiasm, recognition that they are political contenders for Election Day this year and the Presidential race is hot.

Barack Obama's campaign offering change from President Bush's policies and a young new generation of people who want to prove that government and politics can be more than just the "good old white boys" thought the Democrats were the only ones offering this change.

Now the Republicans and John McCain have introduced Sarah Palin and the young generation who are conservative, aggressive and still think there's more thank Democratic empty promises for our country are taking a closer look at the McCain and Palin ticket.

This is not just another all about McCain, Palin, Obama and Biden story. Think of this mini blog as one of those wonderful Books For Dummies that offer an easy and sometimes amusing way of looking at something that is probably not as complicated as it seems, like Politics.

I have some questions and thoughts, maybe you do too.

Barack Obama and Joe Biden were 8 points ahead in the polls against John McCain until Governor Sarah Palin was announced as the Republican nominee for Vice President and made her speech at the Republican Convention.

It's a dead heat now. The Democrats have noticed and they don't like it. They would like to take a stand against McCain and Palin, but taking a stand is not really what they are good at.

Comments from Joe Biden are pretty much like Obama's voting record. He says he assumes that the first-term Alaska governor is qualified to be second in command of the United States, but has not yet made a decision.

Obama has half criticisms about her and then refuses to discuss it further saying he is not running against her, he is running against McCain.

Some Democrats are taking a "Nobama" attitude and joining the ranks of Citizens For McCain. Democrats for McCain had a 300% jump in hits after the Republican Convention.

After the Republicans introduced Sarah Palin at the Convention John McCain boosted significantly in the polls. John McCain was kicking Obama's butt for while there, but how about now?

Is Barack Obama bouncing back? There are hints out there that the economic crisis is overshadowing any other issue facing the candidates and the USA right now.

Will the McCain Palin ticket be able to win voter confidence on economic issues. So far, that's been a weak spot for them.

Will either candidate actually say anything about the economic mess other than hey "It's Time For Change". Duh candidates, we know that, Americans have been trying to tell all of you politicians that!

Since both candidates are US Senators and each equally then had opportunities to "do something" to change things, I don't really buy either one of them finger pointing the other. While McCain is a Republican senator with a Republican President Bush in the White House, it's clear the Democrats have been controlling the Congress for the past couple of years. And since McCain has been openly critical of President Bush throughout the years, not just during his campaign - hey it can't be all his fault!

Keep an eye on the polls and the commercials plaguing your cable tv to find out how much impact the economy will play in favor of one of the candidates.

John McCain was on the View this morning and said he would appoint all kinds of people to his administration, including Democrats. Asked if that included Mrs. Clinton, he took the opportunity to pay homage.

"I know that she wants to stay in the Senate, but I will work with Hillary Clinton because I've worked with her in the past, we've traveled together, we have a working relationship that's of mutual respect and frankly, appreciation," he said. As she comes back to the Senate, he said, "she will be one of the most influential and powerful members of the Senate. You got to work together."

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