Okay - how do you think Obama and McCain did?

Who do you think the pundits will say won this debate?

I made my judgement and wrote to my elected representatives in the Senate and House -- no bank bailout.

It's a raw deal, doesn't give me anything for my money and (I believe) another scam by Mssrs. Bush and Cheney.

My biggest problem: what exactly is the calamity we are facing? If they want my money, they need to give me some facts. Hanging out the Orange Alert for the financial system doesn't scare me.

You may not agree with me, but it is time to write to your representatives. The American people need to speak on this issue and give guidance to the men and women on Capitol Hill.

I don't pay much attention to national polls - this election will be won state by state. I can't vouch about the accuracy of the state polls used by this site, but I find the commentary refreshingly devoid of partisan politics and interesting.

(I will repeat my assertion from the primaries that in Pennsylvania the Quinnipiac Poll is most accurate)

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/09/peak-at-new-electoral-map.html

Where does John McCain find his advisors? They seem to be the most callous, non-empathetic old men in the world. Read what his health-care advisor has to say about the growing number of people who are uninsured for health-care.

http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/08/senate_gangs_new_energy_plan.html

The most detail I can find in a quick search. This sounds very practical to me -- the offshore drilling section is not a free for all. Interesting that only Georgia is represented in the Gang of 10 -- Virginia, North and South Carolina and Georgia being the additional states to be allowed to opt for offshore drilling. It's obvious Georgia must want to do it badly...

"Responsible, Targeted Domestic Energy Production

Here is Pennsylvania we have a few muckrakers that are trying to make changes in how the State Assembly does business. When the state legislators voted themselves an obscene pay raise in the middle of the night without following the State Constitution, they had a big impact on mobilizing many voters in the state to have it rescinded and then vote many of those legislators out of office.

Here is a great example of wind power creating new jobs in Pennsylvania as well as helping the environment.

I'm one of those who chooses to pay an additional few dollars each month in my electricity bill for clean wind power from PECO Energy.

There are some interesting statistics about wind power nationally in this article as well.

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/home_top_stories/20080720_Old_steel_mill_turns_to_turbines_.html

"The year Jim Bauer was born - 1952 - a massive steel mill was rising atop a former asparagus farm in Lower Bucks County.

PA-8 is one of the Philly suburbs that has been trending Democratic recently, but could easily move back to the Republican column.

Tom Manion was recruited to run against Patrick Murphy because he is a former Marine and his son, also a Marine, was killed in Iraq last summer. Other than that, Manion is a typical Republican with some FEC complaints pending for possibly accepting in-kind contributions from Worth & Co in Pipersville -- the site of the recent sham townhall by John McCain.

We all know that CCN split into 2 large parts when Wes Clark endorsed Hillary Clinton.

We all know that CCN still exists as 2 large groups of people - Obama supporters and Clinton supporters.

What I wonder is this -- what do we still have in common besides being supporters of Wes Clark?

We all want George W Bush to leave office (and in my case, go directly to jail).

We all want the Iraq War to end as quickly as possible.

We all want a Democratic majority in Congress in January 2009.

We all want a more secure economic future for our families.

What else do we all agree on?

Corinthians 13:4-7

Patriotism is patient, patriotism is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

Patriotism is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.

Patriotism does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.

Patriotism always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.