Yes, times are hard. We’ve bailed out AIG. Lehman went under. Banks have gone under. People are losing their homes faster than a wildfire spreads. Unemployment numbers are also up. Indeed, times are hard.

And while we can point fingers at Bush and the Republicans, the Democrats haven’t done any better. Dems have won back the majority since 2006, and they’ve done nothing to speak of in terms of the economy, Iraq, and more.

The clips shown of Barney Frank and other Democrats insisting that Fannie and Freddy were stable only highlight their incompetence. And if we look to Bush and his party, they’ve done no better.

What’s a voter to do?

Well, we can take the lazy road and just blame the Republicans and vote Democrat, keep our fingers crossed, and pray that they’d do better. But wait, they already haven’t done better. And suddenly there feels like there is NO ONE prepared to take this on and fix it in either party.

No matter, as an American, I have faith in our citizens and know that we can overcome this and come back better, smarter and stronger. But as far as our leaders go, well, I’m not so sure about that.

Having been a strong Hillary Clinton supporter, it saddens me that she was not nominated, because I know that Hillary and Bill could’ve made things better for us. They cleaned up Bush #1’s mess and they could’ve cleaned up Bush #2’s mess.

But here we are now, no Hillary. No Bill. Just Obama and McCain.

And while I’ve left my mind open in the last few weeks, trying to decide which of these two men could actually step in, take charge, and do better, I have to say that I’m not entirely sold on either ticket.

I am leaning toward McCain, because he does have a track record of being a reformer, as does Palin. I don’t think that these times require party ideology and nonsense like that. The stakes are too high.

I think that the task for ALL Americans is to sit back, put party politics aside and do what’s best for this country, and that is a spirit we haven’t seen in a long time. About 8 years to be exact.

And in an effort to be positive, while perhaps Obama and McCain aren’t perfect, at least we’ll be rid of Bush. There’s one thing we can celebrate about in these uncertain times.