What qualities make a good president?
There are so many people and so many ideas about the qualities they want to see in a president, and, yet, it is surprising how often judgment about who they would vote for often comes down to a single item. For example, some will say, “I come from a Republican family; I was raised as a Republican; I will vote Republican [no matter who the candidate is]” or a similar comment. For others, who they vote for may come down to the single issue of experience, pro-life or pro-choice, pro-Abortion or not, pro gay-marriage or not, gun control, tax breaks for the very wealthy, pro-big business vs. pro-mainstreet, or some other issue or cause they support. In the forthcoming election, it may also come down to the issue of race, and if a woman was heading one of the tickets, then it could have been a gender issue, too. The presidential election of 2008-2009 offers citizens the most dramatic set of choices in our history, and no one can look at both parties or both candidates and say, “One party [or
