DaemonSeid, good for you, for learning more about the process! Keep it up, and you'll be every politician's nightmare!
UGAalum94, you make some very interesting points, especially in your last paragraph. We have problems as a country, but on what level should they be solved? Federal? State? Or in the home? Earlier today, I heard a statistic, and unfortunately didn't get the exact number - but of those ardently supporting Clinton, a shocking amount of them said that they'd vote for McCain before Obama. It shook me up, because I really thought that we, as a country, had made great strides in the racial divide. Also, while those born and raised here say we have problems as a country, we have to remember how many people risk their lives to get here. Obviously, we are doing
something right!
Also, thank you to the people who quoted someone I have on ignore. I'd like to say that I don't put many people - if any - on a pedestal. When I used the word statesmen, I should have clarified myself. IMHO, there are a great many men who never became president, but might have made good ones (or at least, better than those elected). They walked their talk, and tried their level best to make others progress in their thought process. Presidents and presidential candidates all do the same thing as the rest of us when they get up in the morning, and until voters can look at them through realistic eyes, there will always be problems with elected officials.