This has been one of the most difficult election cycles ever in my opinion. So many bad things are happening all at once in our country, and the stakes are very high for our next President. He is going to inherit a huge mess. I am unimpressed with what Bush has done during the crisis, and am convinced that either of the candidates could handle this better than he has so far. He has set the bar so low for the next President that whichever guy gets the job, it will seem like we have elected a genius.

I have also been unimpressed at the way that both McCain and Obama have handled the current crisis. It's not that they don't know what to do that bothers me...even financial gurus who are paid big bucks to think about our economy don't know how to handle this crisis. What does bother me is how they have only now started to focus on this crisis instead of smearing each other into the ground campaigning. I have been very turned off by their behavior in the past few weeks.

It seems that everything our government touches right now turns to dung, so I have decided to place my vote with Bob Barr next month because he is wanting the government to stop expanding its powers so much. I know that none of the third party candidates are going to even get a smidge of the votes in the U.S. three weeks from now, but I can honestly say that no matter if it is Obama or McCain being sworn in come January, I will not be glad about it. They both tout change, bipartisanship, etc., but they don't walk the walk when it comes right down to it. By voting for someone that is neither Democrat nor Republican, I think I will be standing up for the true change that needs to come to America.