McCain and Obama calling for change

As McCain and Obama do battle we hear them both calling for change. Senator McCain's strategist Steve Schmidt said "John McCain has a record of fighting to change," which was quickly countered by Obama's strategist David Axelrod who said "This isn't change, this is more of the same." McCain has just gotten out of Minnesota and is headed to Wisconsin to give a speech to a state leaning more towards the Democratic party, while Obama is campaigning in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Also the ever popular topic, Sarah Palin, continues to surface everywhere. This article, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26558949/, did a poll on how favorable Sarah Palin is, and it said that 85% of Republicans, 53% independent, and only 24% of Democrats are viewing her favorably, which is to be expected.


It's come to my attention that politics have lost a lot of class. Politics used to be about compromise and respect for the other nominees. But it seems like the only strategy politicians have in getting votes is to see how much they can ruin other candidates campaigns. In the article, Sarah Palin's pregnant 17 year old daughter resurfaced. And by the percentage that the Democratic party is in favor of Sarah Palin, I think this is having quite an effect. I don't think that this should even be an issue. It wasn't Palin's choice to have her daughter be pregnant, it was obviously her daughter's. Democratic operatives uncovered the rumor off of the Internet and forced Palin to reveal that her daughter was five months pregnant. This just furthers my point about the politics of today having less class. Instead of relying on their plans to better America, they dig up embarrassing information, like this, to try and ruin the Republican's campaign and make Obama's plan look more favorable and gain them more votes. It's a sad thing when people feel they have to vote one way just because they are embarrassed to vote the other, and support something that might be morally wrong, even though it doesn't directly effect a candidates ability to do their job.