Gridlock in the District of Columbia

Clearly, there is quite a bit of gridlock in Washington D.C. Clearly, someone needs to get things moving…someone needs to work with opposing political parties to work for the American people.

Who is that more likely to be?

Senator Obama? He often speaks of unity and working together, and it sounds nice. However, I look at his actions in the Senate before I look at his friendly speeches. Throughout the past 4 years, he has consistently been one of the most liberal senators. Generally, he is more liberal than Hillary Clinton. As such, it’s hard for me to believe that such a left-wing ideologue would be willing to work together with the opposing party. In fact, it’s more likely he will say, “My way, or the highway.”

Senator McCain? He’s been called a “maverick” by many in Washington, but is it true? Is he really willing to bring Democrats and Republicans together to compromise? Do Democrats even like him? These are all good questions. Recently, John Kerry, Howard Dean, and Hillary Clinton (among other prominent Democrats) have been heavily criticizing Senator McCain. With such criticisms, how could McCain possibly work together with Democrats?

Here’s what the same Democrats think of Senator McCain.

Apparently, the Democratic Party has a love-hate relationship with Senator McCain. When I juxtapose the clip with the past few weeks of McCriticism, I really don’t know how these folks feel about John McCain. After viewing the clip, it sounds as though they respect the Republican nominee…actually, it sounds as if they LIKE the Republican nominee.

So, back to the original question. Who would be more likely to get things moving, working together with all in Washington? Judging by these comments, the answer is John McCain. It seems as though the Senator from Arizona is the most likely to get the ball rolling in Washington D.C. in January of 2009.

One Final Thought:

I am aware that John McCain is not the most conservative member of the Senate. To some in the Republican Party, it’s an unfortunate truth. However, given the choice between McCain and Obama, I’ll choose McCain any day.

McCain is superior on the following issues:

• The Supreme Court
• Taxes
• Energy
• Size of government
• Foreign policy
• Free market economics
• Experience
• And many other issues

Because of these things, I’ll choose McCain any day of the week.

**Extra note. McCain is not perfect. Some of the compromises that he has made have been unfortunate. But, again, he is the best choice for President in 2008.