I am now an undecided voter in the Presidential race. Tonight's debate might be key. I should be in the Luntz focus group. 
I am concerned that McCain is too ill informed and too intellectually lazy to handle well the complex financial issues facing this nation. His proposal to pay face for toxic mortgages (instead of paying slightly more than fair market value and require the holders to mark to market if they don't sell (ie the carrot and the stick), as part of a plan to rewrite the mortgages, thereby giving a huge subsidy to the perp holders, is just simply insane, and he doesn't seem to realize what he did. Almost, having learned more about his health insurance plan, it is not too well thought through. Degrading the risk pools vis a vis removing the inventive for employer plans, is not replaced with anything coherent as to how to deal with folks with pre-existing medical conditions. Their may well be a fix, but the point is that McCain just doesn't ask enough questions, or do his homework.
In short, Obama is a risky scheme, but McCain may well be riskier. Treasury bonds are far better than both.
However you end up voting, I know you'll be one of the best-informed people at the polls. I seriously think you should run for office, Torie.
Let us know what you decide. And remember, if neither candidate fits...there's always Cynthia McKinney.
