I just can't WAIT for the debates to start! That's where we win this thing! [View All]

I think any one of us old enough to vote knows by now that a candidates qualifications, intelligence, and indeed experience, matter very little when the American voting public at large chooses a President. They go by the intangibles. While I would NEVER say it's a good idea to vote for someone based on stupid things like appearance or "who would you rather have a beer with", it is things like this that may very well help Obama take the White House.

When the Presidential debates start later this month, what will people get out of the figures they see on stage. Even IF they are tossed softball questions. Even IF no one really listens to their answers. They will see a poised and confident Barack Obama. He will stand strong, he'll have an infectious smile, and he'll command the energy of those watching him.

What will they see when McCain stands next to him? Shifting. Sweat. Uncomfortable bluster and stuttering, weak voiced answers. The kind of things that can lose you an election, no matter what the spinsters try and say about it after the debate.

Again, I would never want a voter out there to choose a candidate just because he is taller, more handsome, stands more confidently, or any other number of inane reasons. But the simple fact is, people DO vote for people for these reasons. Lots of them do. The difference this time is, not ONLY is Obama the taller, more confident sounding candidate, he is ALSO the one with the brains to back it up. He really is the total package, in my opinion, and when these to get up to face each other side by side, it will truly be game over for the right.