Federal Emergency Management Agency

Thursday night the presidential candidates talked about their views on service.

Obama: "America is the greatest country on earth, but it didn't just happen on its own. It is not a gift only.... it is a responsibility."

This has been a key component of the Obama campaign from the very beginning. If you remember his acceptance speech during the Democratic Convention his line "We are the ones we've been waiting for" is key in his belief that Americans can solve the difficult challenges we face with millions of hands working together.

The incumbent Repubican party running on change? Right!

OK Republicans don't get too excited about Palin just yet. It's too early to write off Barack Obama. There is no doubt in my mind that independent voters and Hillary Democrats will soon understand what this election is all about. It's about Republicans, John McCain and their relationship to the failed policies of George W. Bush. It's about the future of our country, and not an old Vietnam veteran who flew a plane into the ground. It's not about fighter pilots of the past. It's about the fight for America's future.

i read a pretty good OP ED in the Washington Post today by Charles Krauthammer. I Don't think I ever agreed with journalist Charles Krauthammer on much of anything. But I sure agree with much of his recent OP ED regarding Palin's Problem.