"Hope for change and puppies"

Ok enough TV blogging and onto some red meat. I was reading James Joyner's blog OTB and came across a post about Obama's little digs at Hillary. Besides the fact that I love Alex Knapp's line of You can’t credibly go around attacking people while simultaneously promoting “hope for change and puppies". the post got me thinking of the presidential race. A friend of mine actually said to me when discussing the post, "who are we going to vote for". Yes, who indeed. To say that this elections frontrunners were lackluster would be an over generous compliment. Being of a libertarian slant I find myself often voting republican because it is the better choice of the two but c'mon, the candidates this year are terrible. The glimmer of hope for the Replublican party is a Law and Order actor!! On the other side we have Hillary and Obama. Both Democrat celebrities in their own right but neither really lighting my fire. If we look at the issues facing our next president, the first obvious thing that comes to mind is the war in Iraq. The thing is, regardless of who becomes president I seriously doubt we will be out of Iraq before the end of their term. If a Democrat does win you can count on all the bluster and rhetoric dying down because its one thing to makes calls for change when your not holding the bag and quite another to actually enforce those changes without negative consequences. The things I am most concerned about are domestic issues. The democrats are looking to pile on to an already overburdened Medicare system and we have yet to even seriously discuss our Social Security situation. Unfortunately the Republicans are barely even addressing these issues, instead pandering to what they think the base wants: tough talk on Iraq and Iran. So where does that leave us hoping for, change and puppies?