Obama: not ready to lead

The next U.S. president must be an experienced leader in order to lead our nation in the right direction. This election will determine who America thinks can pull them out of the economic struggle we are currently facing.  When it comes to leadership, there is only one qualified candidate.
    
When you think of Barack Obama, the word “change” most likely pops into your head. The strategy of the Obama campaign has been to give people the idea that change is what we need, and that Barack Obama will be the one to make it happen. But is he clearly the right choice for a nation struggling with so many domestic issues? As Obama leads McCain in most polls with less than a few weeks from Election Day, both candidates explain to voters what it is that they will do to lead us in the right direction. But which one will actually do it?

     If you are a Democrat you are probably thinking John McCain is too old and that Sarah Palin is just some hockey mom from Alaska. So what are the republicans thinking? It is difficult to tell now because the media does not scrutinize Obama enough. Not that McCain does not deserve criticism, but he and Palin are usually the ones who take the heat.
  
 Having served only eight years in the Illinois Senate and a mere four years in the U.S. Senate, Obama clearly does not match up against a man who has been in Washington for the last 26 years.

Obama’s lack of experience has yet to be a major issue in the debate over who is more qualified to lead the nation. What has he led to show that he can be the next president? Nothing.
     
     Barack Obama has not led anything. Before he became a politician, he was community organizer. It’s great that he helped the city of Chicago, but that is not enough to show that you can lead a country. While serving in the Illinois legislature, he voted “present” 129 times.
    
That means when it was time to vote on an issue, instead of a yes, or no, he voted “present.” What other job lets you do that? Presidents must make decisions. Obama has shown he cannot.
    
McCain has stood up to special interest groups, led committees and worked with senators who were not always Republicans. Members of his own party dislike him because he may not always vote with them.
   
McCain would look to help the American people, rather than win issues for the Republican Party. Obama has not.  Who votes with his party 97 percent of the time? He has not reached across the aisle and compromised like McCain has.
   
 Unlike McCain, who is an expert at accomplishing his goals in Washington because of his ability to reach a compromise, Obama is not.
      
Lastly, there is the issue of his running mate. Joe Biden, having been in the Senate for 35 years, has the experience that could advise Barack Obama in making some of his decisions. Then again, it was Biden that said “The presidency is not something that lends itself to on-the-job training.”
       
Obama has never run a city, a state, a business-- nothing. Any way you put it, Obama is not a proven leader.