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Really? Obama is an Illinois Senator. Those are some pretty disturbing figures, but murder/crime is a fact of life in areas of dense population. What you describe I would say falls mostly on Mayor Daley and Balgojevich. As an Illinois STATE senator, I think his record is pretty decent on issues of relating to the figures you mention (gun control, poverty, health care, etc).
http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2007/07/29/us/politics/20070730_OBAMA_GRAPHIC.html
Have a look.
While you're certainly entitled to your opinion, I think its unfair to compare the city of Chicago to what the country would look like in with an Obama presidency.
IMO John McCain doesn't have the judgement or the temperament to be president. He's notorious for his temper--a quality I do not desire in a person with their finger on the red button. And, among others, his decision to appoint Sarah Palin as his vice-presidential pick. I understand why he did it. But he didn't do his due diligence on the pick, hell even McDonalds requires more than one interview.
I liked McCain in 2000, but he's really not the same candidate he was eight years ago.
