To answer my own poll, I've donated $150 to Obama's presidential campaign, because although a straight-Democratic government might not be the best thing for some modernization projects for the military, to include ABM, they're hardly anti-military and I'm no single-issue voter and besides, Obama voted for, and McCain against, the G.I. Bill for the 21st Century. Anyway, infrastructure, energy, social issues, foreign policy and the handling of the economy are all things the President handles, among many, many more and represent just a sample with which I happen to vastly agree more with Obama, than McCain.
For a time, I'd say I fell into the "vote for McCain to split the government" camp, on grounds that less government is sometimes better government ... but the position looked worse and worse, the more I actually learned about the guy. I'm not gonna argue the point because I've reneged on it and no longer subscribe to it, although if someone wants to say just why that's so dumb, I'm more than willing to listen.
I learned a lot about Obama up-front, mostly thanks to this forum (rather the opposite than the American mainstream, now that I think about it) and only learned about McCain's military, personal, and political career, as the presidential race dragged on and became increasingly appalled. *poll set for 7 days*
