I’ve been an undecided voter for a long time.  In recent weeks I’ve come to the conclusion that McCain is not suited for the presidency.  For one thing, McCain’s biography exhibits all the immoral qualities that the GOP loved to hate about Bill Clinton.  In some ways, on a moral scale, McCain may actually be worse.  Besides being a philanderer, he neglected and abandoned his first wife at her moment of greatest need, dropping her for a new wealthy trophy wife.

McCain’s campaign choices and decisions demonstrate that he is hasty and foolish in the processes he follows to make consequential choices (ex: how he picked his VP candidate).

At one point in the nomination process, his campaign almost ran out of money and conceded that it had spent its money unwisely.  And now he says he is the person to fix our economy?  Maybe he should try running a solvent campaign first.

McCain has a reputation for a terrible temper, someone who lashes out viciously at whoever has provoked him to anger.

McCain also has a history of incompetence.  When he was in the military, he crashed three planes.  He basically left the military and went into politics because he knew he had reached a dead end in his military career.  So why should we now promote him to be our Commander-in-Chief?

I recognize that Obama is very liberal and that he scares conservatives who think about who he would choose for the Supreme Court - but he is a man who has actual leadership qualities: intellect, poise, stability, vision.  In the nomination race, he came out of seemingly nowhere and defeated a very intelligent, hard-working, ambitious opponent who should have been a shoe-in for the Democratic party candidacy.  His defeat of Hillary Clinton, in my book, was a huge political achievement.  Obama has also shown that he knows how to raise money and manage his campaign finances and how to properly motivate volunteers and deploy them.

I think Obama can be a good president, maybe even a great president.

McCain is a disaster yesterday and today.  “Tomorrow” he could easily become a disaster to our country.

Also, on a personal note, I’m still angry at the GOP for how it treated the Mormon candidate during the Republican candidate nomination process.  McCain and Huckabee tag-teamed on Romney to prevent him from succeeding and at times they took advantage of anti-Mormon bigotry that exists in some sectors of the country.   Traditionally, a majority of Mormons who are U.S. citizens have been conservative and Republican.  In my opinion that is a mistake.  The affection has not been reciprocated.  While the GOP is willing to accept the Mormon vote, the party has not demonstrated that it is willing to pick a capable LDS person to be its candidate for president or vice president.  Quite the opposite.

For these and other reasons, now is as good a time as ever for Mormons to become independent and free from party affiliations.