Michael Williams, via e-mail:
Barack Obama. He has the necessary experience. He was right on Iraq. He is right on Iran and diplomacy

He is right on the gas tax, and willing to tell us when BS is BS.

Barb Bakke via e-mail:
Barack Obama.  He is a unifier, well versed on economics, makes sense, will thoughtfully bring troops back to USA, will help to re-establish the respect the USA will deserve with his leadership.

Marie Shervais of Logan, Utah, via e-mail:
I'm voting for Barack Obama, for a number of reasons:

1) His position on the Iraq war.

2) His realistic approach to health care reform.

3) His life experience, which brings the hope that as president, he will help restore the symbol of America from the black hoods of Abu Ghraib to the Status of Liberty.

4) His position on the Middle East, which is the only realistic position I have ever heard from an American presidential candidate. How many candidates have you heard who were willing to go before a pro-Israeli audience and say there is not one Israel - and there is more to Israel than the Likud party.

5) I see a real commitment to change and community work, based on Obama's life history - I wonder how many members of his graduating class at Harvard Law School went to work for $12,000 a year.

6) He has run an honorable, courageous campaign in the face of vicious attacks from both the Clinton campaign and the media. He has been offered endless opportunity to attack Hillary Clinton and has risen above those questions from the media.

7) His position on education is exactly the same as my own.

8) His intelligence, his energy, his wit, his composure. I have lived the results of having a dumb President.

9) He has lived a working class life - and so have I and I know that you can't learn the struggle and pain of living that life from a book or campaign stop - and I believe it informs every decision he will make as President.

10) Finally, I worked in community work as a public health writer, and watched miracles happen. Obama's race speech has been compared to the great speeches in our nation's history. But it was the end of the speech which hit me - a description of a round table discussion in Florence South Carolina. I lived in South Carolina for 15 years. I was not there that day, but I've had a seat at that table - and that is where real chance occurs. "I'm here because of Ashley" That says it all.

Whitehawk, via e-mail:
Barack Obama, It's time we had a president of color,and a person who might actually represent the working Americans.

Betty Gudmunson, via e-mail:
Barack Obama because of his sincerity and I believe he can make a change...perhaps not give us all we want or that he hopes to do, but I think he can make a difference and change politics to some degree to the positive.  The times have changed and we need a new generation who will also seek advice from elders and hopefully provide a new union between the parties and all voters

Jo-Ann Lester, via e-mail:
Me and two other family members are voting for Barack Obama!  Ya!

Karl Keene of Moorhead, Minn.:
I'm voting for Barack Obama.
 
I'm voting for Obama because he is already changing the way politics is done by refusing special interest money and he has been receiving small donations from the average person. He will not be beholden to special interests, but will truly work to represent Americans from all walks of life.
 
Obama will help the economy by putting an end to the war in Iraq, which means billions of tax dollars will be saved and can be used for programs that will help here at home.
 
Barack Obama already has created a positive impression around the world, and he will help the United States regain favor worldwide.
 
An Obama presidency will also help minorities and people from other challenging situations to truly believe that they can achieve great things!
 
I'm looking forward to Barack Obama's inauguration day - a day I believe will be celebrated worldwide! 
 
Sandi via e-mail:
I'm  voting for  Barack Obama.
I'm voting for Obama because he is 100% correct! People today are fed up with the lies, the war, and the loopholes for big business,.... We have had enough! We need change and he is the one to change the system. Enough of torture, secret prisons, wiretapping, saber rattling and no due process. We need a young, brilliant, articulate president to lead us out of the recession, the war, and the poisoned policies of the Bush years. We need Barack Obama to renew America's values. We need Barack Obama to lead this wonderful nation as President of the United States of America.