Concerning the debates in New Hampshire - I was already watching for Charlie Gibson to try to attack Republicans and show the Democrats to advantage, which is usual with their slant on the news. I was surprised. His was the BEST and completely unbiased debate of this political season, and I must say CNN’s was the worst. I was struck by both McCain and the Huckster not answering when asked about their record, but giving a long dissertation to avoid answering the questions. This is the first election ever, to my knowledge, where someone’s record can’t be discussed, and if you do it’s called an attack and leads to personal attacks as a rebuttal.

I was very impressed by the focus group of voters that Frank Luntz fielded. I hope that the other voters in New Hampshire are just as perceptive as those on Fox’s forum conducted by Chris Wallace. I’m afraid, however, that there are those voters who have the mindset “I voted for McCain the last time, and I will vote for him again.” I think there should be another state prior to Iowa and New Hampshire to give more balance to choosing the parties nominees.

I saw one of the talking heads on tv saying Romney didn’t win the forum debate, or whatever you want to call it, saying McCain and Giuliani did better. I use to respect this analyst’s views, but no longer. In fact, I have lost respect for 90 percent of the talking heads. So many of them have their own axe to grind. Another thing of interest to me is the way two of the three Presidential candidates, or three of the five, gang up on another candidate, as to Edward and Obama on Hillary or McCain, Huckabee, and Giuliani against Romney - I don’t respect these kind of attacks. Since I was a kid, ganging up on one was fought against and considered wrong.

What I would like to see is someone saying “I stand by my record” and telling what their record was instead of trying to obscure their record because it was not a good record. Those I have reference to, of course, are McCain and the Huckster. Should either of these win the party’s nomination, I will vote for Obama. I saw on Drudge where Hillary is close to getting out because of lack of money. That will never be true as long as there is a China.

There is a strong possibility that both political parties will end up choosing a candidate during their convention, as happened to the Republican party in 1940, when Wendell Willkie was chosen due to the fact that he had brought in hundreds to chant “We want Willkie” over and over, drowning out everyone else. We know that the Clintons, with their history, would no doubt be able to get this done if it went to the convention, with their background of dirty tricks and sleaze. On the other side, I think McCain supporters, the media, Democrats, and old people with nostalgia will be chanting “We want Mac,” not for the way he feels about immigration, tax cuts, working with Feingold to help to destroy the Republican party with their campaign finance changes, and his friendship with Teddy on immigration. Let’s hope there are not enough Democrats and media to push him over in New Hampshire. To me, he is the old guard and out of touch.

I would like these questions to be asked of all candidates of both parties: Would you support drilling in Alaska, nuclear power plants, and a couple more refineries?

I love the way these ex-politicians are meeting with Bloomberg to protest the way politics and legislation is done these days. When they were there, how come they didn’t use these lofty aspirations to change politics at that time? I guess they miss the spotlight and have nostalgia for the good old days when they were young. I miss my younger days as well, but I won’t tell my family how to live.

May God continue to bless the USA.