Who won the debate? Who'll win the next debate? Pundits are happy to tell us sentence by sentence who was strong on this point, who won that point. When it comes down to it most people vote Democrate or Republican. The small minority of independents will hold out until election day but right now 80% of Americans know how they are going to vote.

Which brings me to the argument that John McCain cannot win the election. He is not conservative enough for most conservatives and he is not liberal enough for most liberals. He is a little bit like "neutral boy" in school. Nice enough but wouldn't want to date him. Right now a lot of people respect John McCain for his past but don't want to date him for four years. Unlike Bush and others like him that are clear-cut in their politics poor old John McCain, (no pun intended on his age), can't get a lot of people to dance with him let alone date him.

He is not too clear on foreign policy. He seems not aware of the details of a lot of domestic issues and he is quite happy to change his opinion on things from time to time. He appears to be heavily influenced by the polls. He who lives by the polls, dies by the polls. John McCain needs to be who he is, we are not sure what that means, only he does. He needs to lead his campaign on a steady and direct road so that all of us will know what he stands for.

Does this mean I think Obama is a great candidate? Far from it. He has a lot of the same weaknesses as McCain but he has the advantage of youth and lack of experience. His vast lack of experience is probably what will get him elected. People are believing the change message so much they are starting to believe that they need to have someone with no experience in foreign affairs and domestic issues to bring about the changes they all feel that they need.

In a year or two once Obama has been president for a while we will see that he has not brought very many changes to the country. That's the way presidents go. Full of enthusiasm and ideas, lots of gusto. Once in power, things change. The world does not toe the line like we want it to. Foreign affairs is a lot harder that we think. Changing the economy is not as simple as the platitudes the candidates dish out on the campaign trail. 'When I'm president I will create hundreds of thousands of jobs, bring stability to the economy and make sure everyone has ice-cream twice a week." If life was as easy as that all presidents would do it.

Poor old John McCain. There I go using that "old" word again. He is trying but he's already lost the battle. Now it's just a matter of going through the ritual of the election, counting the votes and declaring Obama the winner. Still, we have another election in four years, who knows, that one might be different.