Barrack Obama may by the harbinger of change for this nation, but American women put him in the White House. Seldom do I rely on another site’s writing to fill my post, but I’ll make an exception here. From The Women’s Media Center.

Far more women than men voted this week, and a larger proportion of women favored Obama over McCain, showing a 7 percent gender gap. Eight women will serve as governors in 2009. Women newcomers took two U.S. Senate seats and 10 in the House.

 

Obama’s paid political announcement last night was compelling. A bit over-produced, still it had emotional impact and offered everything any sane person would want. Can Obama deliver, is my question. Perhaps he can, and it’s likely I’ll rely on that feeling when I vote on Tuesday. As Whoopi Goldberg keeps saying on The View, I can’t wait till it’s over and we can move on, for better or worse.

I have strong issues against trusting my near future to McCain and Palin. They’re in-fighting. He called her a Diva, she makes caustic remarks about his campaign team. Is that how we want to spend four years, listening to sniping? I don’t believe Palin has the strength, the experience, or the judgement to carry the White House or this country, should that become necessary.

Obama - I still have a niggling doubt about where this man came from and what he is going to choose as his personal agenda. He will have one, they all do. But, I do believe the people who know him and are saying he is a decent person with some lofty goals. I see his wife - I’d vote for her! She’s awesome. I see his children. They are very appropriate and seem happy. It isn’t easy to keep a family together–it takes the characteristics I want in a leader, believe it or not. Strength, honesty, wiliness, forthrightness, intelligence, compassion, strong principals.

I think Obama will win - too many people are too worried about McCain’s temper, the last word. The fact that he’s fighting with his own running mate is frightening. The world won’t tolerate any more ugly-Americanism…there’s been enough. American’s see that clearly. Please go out and vote your conscience. We’re going to see record-breaking voting totals - wouldn’t 100% be awesome??

Go cast your ballot.

Sarah Louise Heath Palin (pronounced ˈpay lin’; born February 11, 1964) is the governor of Alaska and the Republican vice-presidential nominee in the 2008 United States presidential election (from Wikipedia). But amid all the wild west hooplah surrounding Sarah Palin’s history, who is she -