I am a Moderate. Mostly.

Politically, I'm pretty middle-of-the-road. You're going to have to take my word on that, because I'm not going to start listing my stances on every issue you can think of. Suffice it to say, I really can see a lot of different points of view.

That said, I'm voting for Obama. It has very little to do with what his views on taxation, government roles, or civil liberties are (okay, that's a small fib - I'm huge on civil liberties, and Republicans of late are not), and more about what needs to be done about the U.S. relations with the rest of the world. When we were overseas this summer, it was pretty clear that McCain is viewed as another Bush, and that isn't going to help our standing in the international community.

Many conservatives will say that what the rest of the world thinks shouldn't matter. But I don't agree. We are living in a time where our range of influence is shrinking, due to both our internal policies (Iraq) and other spheres of influence growing (China). To be a safe, successful nation, we need to look hard at this trend. More of the same, a la Bush/Cheney isn't going to improve that.

We watched Obama accept the Democratic nomination last night. It was a good speech, and he hit some high notes that I agree with wholeheartedly. That's not to say that Obama is right and McCain is wrong across the board, but I think his ideas for what needs to happen across the world are more in line with what I want to see.

Holly and I had some spirited discussion regarding the two candidates (and Hillary) and I'm sure we will have some more in the weeks to come. I'm looking forward to it.