Regarding the upcoming Presidential election and Barack Obama, I am in agreement with the assessment of Professor Keith Burgess-Jackson:

"Damn right Republicans are trying to strike fear in the American people! There is reason to fear a man who wants to talk to dictators, who is ignorant of world affairs, who aims to tax and spend, who has no executive experience and a shockingly thin résumé, who believes that prisoners of war have constitutional rights, who intends to appoint progressive federal judges in the mold of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who tolerates and encourages hatemongers (e.g., the Daily Kos and MoveOn crowds), who wants to prosecute President Bush and Vice President Cheney, and who believes that this country should be more like European countries. There is too much at stake for Republicans to unilaterally disarm themselves."