American presidential election overview

So...the American presidential race in a nutshell, Obama/Biden vs McCain/Palin. To be honest, I have no idea why this is even as close as it is.

McCain made an absolutely horrible choice of running mate. Sarah Palin has since been caught out multiple times. Firstly, she tried to regurgitate a Ronald Regan speech about the American troops being "on a mission from God", and then when quizzed on this, tries to backtrack horribly and ends up contradicting herself.

Then in the vice presidential debate, her winking and constant attempts to avoid the questions she was asked, along with her sickening fake smile, cheesey lines, should easily have turned voters against her.

If that wasn't the final nail in the coffin, then surely her being found guilty of using her position as Govenor of Alaska for her own personal benefit in a family feud, is.

I don't see how any intelligent American could honestly vote for her. McCain talks a lot about his judgement, but his judgement is more than questionable after picking Palin as a running mate. Not only that, but also his constant contradictory answers on numerous questions, surely should give the American people a hint that he is not the right man for the job.

Obama missed the chance of a knockout blow at the second presidential debate in my opinion. When McCain refered to Obama as "that one", it was incredibly disrepectful and showed a huge amount of distain for Obama. And McCain wonders why people are shouting "kill him" in reference to Obama at his rallies. Well, it tends to happen when you show your opponent no respect. I think if Obama had interrupted him after he said "that one" and replied with something like "Please Senator McCain, show me the same respect I show you", it would have been a huge blow, but Obama may have been a victim of his own self-restraint.

Another McCain own goal, happened when a woman at his rally said, "I can't trust that Obama, he's... he's an....an ARAB" and McCain replied with "No Ma'am, he is a good family man....", whats the implication here? Arabs can't be good family men. Another political own goal.

Part of me wants McCain to be elected because of the comedy factor, but anybody with any shred of intelligence and an unbiased opinion towards either party, should clearly see Obama is by far the best man for the job.