Originally Posted By Oktober Five
Interesting perspective. Besides these big issues, there are also things like family values that will be effected by bigger decisions. I too would discourage bills and policies that would give incentive for a parent to leave the home to seek work, when their spouse is already working. I believe it’s extremely important for a parent to be home with the kids whenever the kids are home.

I agree. My wife and I both work, but we’d love to have one of us stay at home. It just doesn’t work in our circumstance. That said, I’d never want to make it harder for someone else to stay at home to raise their kids.

This was a tough post to write. Truth be told, I’ve been leaning towards voting for McCain. So in no way whatsoever was I trying to ensure Obama won my analysis.

There are other important issues I didn’t address. What about the national debt? Obama can say whatever he wants… the Democrats have a proven track record of spending. The Republicans are no better, but McCain has a proven record of fighting both parties to cut spending. So McCain is less likely to saddle our children with a huge national debt.

What about security? All but the most partisan Democrats agree that McCain is more likely to keep our families safe in this dangerous world.

So there are issues that favor both candidates. However on the obvious dad-related issues that I covered in the post, Obama had a slight advantage.