McCain vs Obama

Barrack Obama and John McCain are two very different people. Obama is young, McCain is older than most candidates we have seen before. Obama is an effective communicator (as long as he has his tele-prompter), McCain is oftentimes painful to listen to. Obama is an evangelist, McCain is the pastoral counselor. Obama has few confidants from his past (what ones there were have been thrown under the bus), McCain seems to have a large number of close friends that have stood by him throughout his life (and have not yet been thrown under the bus). This last point to me seems striking. McCain has many surrogates, among them Lindsey Graham and Joe Lieberman, as well as a number of men who served with him in the military. All of these relationships go back 10, 20, even 40 years. There is a depth and a commitment within these kind of relationships. These are not people who are opportunistic, just hanging around hoping their guy wins the lottery so they might get a windfall. When I look at Obama however, I wonder who are his guys? Who are the people who have stood by him (and he has stood by them) over the years? Can you name one person, beyond his wife? Sure, there are tons of people supporting him now, but all of these people are new friends of Obama. I suspect that many of them have their hands open, hoping to partake of some of the crumbs that fall off his table. But there is no depth to these relationships. Many of them probably don't know Obama well enough to really know what he believes. They just like the thought of what they think he believes. Certainly there is no substance behind it because there is no substance to Obama and his past. Obama is a loner. In his world there is him and . . well, him. Maybe that makes for a good president, someone who is largely detached, unable to take meaningful stands, and has few friends or work associates. Maybe someone like that can withstand the desires to appease people or to become emotionally tied to issues or constituents. It doesn't sound too appealing to me, and I'd rather have someone who is poor at communicating but comes with depth and a lifetime of friends and associates who respect him. Two very different people.