<<Did I say that McCain-Feingold was his total product?
<<He isn't a one trick pony , or a do nothing Senator, he has a long record which you are as free to peruse as anyone .>>
I wouldn't characterize his record of Congressional achievements as "long," at best I'd say it's very modest and very little of it had any practical effect on the lives of average Americans. Considering that he's had about 40 decades to make his mark in the Congress, it was an exceedingly modest mark that he made.
Obama's had a very short run in the Senate. Junior Senators are assigned very modest and unglamorous work to do, far from the headlines and the public glory. I don't hold it against him that he did not shake the earth to its foundations to date from his position as a junior Senator. Few if any other Junior Senators of his length of service have ever done so.
Keeping in mind that Obama has been running an underdog's campaign, first for the nomination and now for the Presidency, it is not surprising to me that he was not able to involve himself more accurately in the legislative business of the U.S. Senate.
I think you're setting ridiculous benchmarks for a junior Senator in the midst of an audacious campaign and ignoring the salient points of this campaign - - McCain is an old, tired, washed-out guy with very modest accomplishments to show for three or four decades of Congressional service. To this very day the defining moments of his life are things that happened, or allegedly happened, 40 years ago on the other side of the earth. He's dumb, with a vicious temper.
Obama is youthful, optimistic, innovative (especially in his campaign) and a man of impeccable intellect and intellectual accomplishment. He's a skilled and persuasive speaker. I realize that to some extent, this forum tends to downgrade Harvard-educated lawyers and Professors of Law, but in most venues, they are valued for their wisdom, knowledge, savvy and ability to get things done. Here, for some reason, these qualities seem to take back seat to the ability to kill, skin and cube a moose.
I really think you ought to give both of these guys some serious consideration. I think you really underestimated Obama - - he is much better qualified than McCain to fill the office.