Gordon gives Osama the 'kiss of death.'

Great.

"There was also a widespread amount of annoyance – not confined to Republicans - that a foreign political leader should be seeking to influence the US election."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/barackobama/27...

No one knows exactly what McCain or Obama would do, just what they tell us they want to do.

Both men would probably be quite bogged down domestically by factors they hadn't anticipated and would make their marks mainly on the same thing all other Presidents have recently - foreign policy.

Obama is a Jimmy Carter type of ass-licker now and would be a Jimmy Carter type of ass-licker as President as well.

McCain would want to make sure that the US keeps up a tough stance with her enemies. You can be sure this will be incredibly important to McCain at an emotional level. He would probably be a lot like Bush.

The one big goal they have announced that I would like McCain-Palin to achieve at a domestic level would be greater energy independence. Whether or not they can cut through all the current and worsening green Government bureaucracy in order to do this is debatable.

One thing's for sure Obama would just make it worse.

Are you asking me, Duncan?

I disagree with McCain on a number of issues....he is hardly Barry Goldwater whose Senate seat he took over, but I just think he is the better chap.

I supported McCain in 2000 against George Bush, and he seems a splendid chap.

One thing I do think McCain will do is improve America's reputation abroad and he is a uniting figure at home, much like Ron Reagan three decades back.

http://www.nzcapitalist.blogspot.com/ 

And what do you expect the outcome of a McCain presidency to be - that is, what concrete differences do you expect between an Obama presidency and a McCain presidency in terms of outcomes for the USA?

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Yes, what is likely to happen is something like this...

McCain's lead starts to firm at around 8 - 10% through to the end of September...and on a State by State basis shows him performing well in the Electoral College.

Obama starts to get portrayed in the media as a 'flash in the pan', and this starts to hurt him even more as many undecided voters think twice about backing a loser.

The debates between the two men are hyped to death as being important...(they aren't)

Obama performs well in the debates and closes the gap to around 5% but with no real improvement in his electoral college numbers.

McCain delivers some sort of pledge around mid October which puts his lead back to around 8 - 10%

Obama launches a last minute push and closes the gap to around 4% on election day...but the Electoral College shows a much greater margin for McCain.

http://www.nzcapitalist.blogspot.com/

when I hope the polls are proved right.

What is even better are the numbers coming out of individual states....McCain is now well ahead in Ohio which he must win.

Obama's numbers are starting to look quite weak in Pennsylvania, Virginia, Montana and New Hampshire...all states he was comfortably ahead in a month ago.

http://www.nzcapitalist.blogspot.com/

Obama's definitely looking rattled, even uttering the words 'My Muslim faith' as if he meant to, and then being 'corrected' by the 'journalist' George Stephanopolis. It's going to be a very interesting two months until judgment day.

http://fawstin.blogspot.com/

... puts McCain ahead, albeit narrowly. It's showing in Obama's demeanour, too. Shrill and unsure. Delightful to watch.