Why do things like what a mans preacher believes or wife says matter so much?Why does being a POW make you a better candidate to run a country..Why does leaving ones wife and remarry make him a bad chioce..Why does race,age or gender matter?..the country needs a good solid leader and why would any good person even want to go through the silly scrutiny of a presidential race...The reason your choices are so bleak is it is so much about the persons past life and thoughs around them then if they are even right for the job themselves...How can anyone say Obama would be a bad leader,they have not even let him out of the gate without pounding his family.How can john mcCain be heard if all they talk about is his wife...Why not try to understand what is most important to you people is, quit frankly, the end result....You could have a good living christian leader and still have many complaints in the end,in fact you just had that....This race should be more about direction then image and it is sad that a wife and a preacher get morepress coverage then the candidates themselves...If you want to look into the past..look back at what GW did ,if your happy with his out come then vote for the one closest to status quo...if your not then vote for change....Why not look ahead rather then behind.