Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Obama, McCain, in a Rarity, Cast Votes
Through the 2008 presidency, Senators Barack Obama, and John McCain have missed hundreds of panel votes within the Capitol involving the financial crisis package. The package stated that 700 billion dollars would go for the bail out of the American Crisis. On this day, both Barack Obama and Johm McCain voted for this bill, therefore it is now on its way to the House for future voting. Obama stated that "this is not just an Wall Street Crisis- it is an American crisis, and it's the the American economy that needs the rescue plan." On October 1, 2008, both Barack Obama and John McCain made their way to Washington in order to vote for the bill on the hill. On the floor was seen Obama made a speech in favor of the bill and McCain refused to speak. As said by John McCain Independence, Missouri, "If the Financial rescue bill fails in Congress yet again, the present crisis will return into a disaster." Shockingly, many records have shown that Senator John McCain, since January 4, 2008, has missed "over four hundred and twenty votes, or about sixty five percent of all votes since the hundred and tenth Congress was convened. It is also shown that even Obama has missed "three hundred and three votes, or about fourty seven percent. My first question starts as, If a Seneator running for president was really that concerened on the financial crisis within our society, then why did it take him four hundred and twenty votes, in order to make his statement?Since the turn within the financial crisis and its slow outcome, it has shown that the democratic campaign is pulling ahead within the election. The public recently has felt that the democratic party is more capable in handling the economy opposed to the republicans. Since this fluctuation, Obama has been recieving support from Pennsylvannia, Ohio and Florida, the three states in which always sway within their votes. I feel that after reading this article and watching the vice presidential debate, I feel that McCain went farther into a hole because Palin does not have enough experience in politics in order to be the vice president. Even though she has first hand knowledge of the oil and electric, she does not have enough knowledge of what exactly is going on outside of the United States. With McCain already losing a massive amout of votes because of the Presidential debate, his hostility did not do a big impact either in the Senate voting since he did not make a speech during the bill voting. While the article is all for Obama and his pull ahead within the campaign, it also focuses on McCain and his fall of votes within the campaign. Since the debate just came to a closure, in your opinion, do you think that Palin was able the hold her own against Biden, or did she just ruin the election for McCain? Also after reading this article, do you think that Biden and Palin were accurate when talking about the financial crisis, since Barack Obama and John McCain both voted for the bill? Do all of their views follow the views of the bill? Article from:http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122289387980195519.html
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When this election started both of the candidates' reputations seemed to be more intact. However, though this election process only McCain has done things to worsen his chance of being the president; while Obama seems to not be doing much of anything. True that in the last 10 months these candidates have missed more than acceptable number of votes, but how is this any different from any other presidential campaign. It's not uncommon for a senator to neglect his office while seeking election, but the timing of this economic crisis couldn't have been worse for calling them both into question for it.
As for McCain's choice for a running mate, it seems to me completely-strategically, demographically based. Palin has proven herself to be intelligent and strong yes, but her positions and her demeanor and her experience all call to question McCain's "just look at the records" take on his campaign. Because any true-person trying to secure our nation's best interests would not be leaving them in the hands of someone with Palin short "record", despite how exemplary it may be), if something were to happen to them.
Unfortunately, I can't judge whether or not Palin held her own against Biden during the vice presidential debate, because she strayed away from answering so many questions. I felt like Palin was catering only to the message she was trying to convey to America, rather than answering the proposed question. However, I do believe that Biden and Palin correctly conveyed the severity of the current economic crisis. The views of Biden and Palin don’t necessarily agree with the terms of the bill, but their differences are attributed to the different approaches they want to take in order to fix the economy.
I think Palin did a mediocre job in the debate against Biden. Biden just came across as the more intelligent, more experienced individual and stated his points a lot better. But did this ruin the election for John McCain? Not at all. Although Palin may not be the most favorable choice for a Vice President amongst some voters, there are still those people who are cheering her on, no matter what may come out of her mouth. Many of us just expected Palin to struggle in this debate, but the truth is, she exceeded her expectations. The ultimate factor in this election will fall on McCain’s performance in the past debates, which is so far nothing spectacular, and the final debate to come.
As for the Senatorial voting, I don’t think all of those hundreds of votes had to do with the financial crisis going on. A lot of the votes missed by McCain are issues where he doesn’t think his absence will sway the outcome. Maybe he missed 427 votes, and finally decided that this issue was important enough to go and vote on.
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