My wallet is on fire as I fill my 15 gallon gas tank and spend $70. Senator McCain understands the hurt and to relieve such soreness he advocates expanding domestic oil and natural gas exploration. How else can we eliminate dependence on foreign oil in the short term if we do not expand exploration and production here in our own country?

We have been suffering a recession in this state for some time now with no relief from Governor Jennifer Granholm. The pain at the pump has been mixed with higher taxes and fewer jobs- a deadly combination. Senator McCain encourages economic growth and when elected President he will keep tax rates low, cut the corporate tax rate from 35% to 25%, ban internet taxes, and even new cell phone taxes. McCain also understands that the government's role needs to remain limited only to let the free markets prosper.

The prevalent issue raised was the lack of trust of our political figureheads. With politicians taking bribes, having affairs, and outright lying to Americans. Those of who I talked to understand our government officials need to have ethical and moral standards as well as self-discipline.

Senator McCain as president will restore faith to Michigan citizens. The government has been put in place to serve the people. Democracy, in the words of Senator John McCain, is not for sale. McCain will end Pork Barrel spending and balance the budget. Obviously policy will include comprehensive spending control and fiscal discipline.

To further regain trust, Senator John McCain shares a strict Constitutional interpretation of which was the intent of our founding fathers.

Our freedom is curtailed no less by an act of arbitrary judicial power as it is by an act of an arbitrary executive, or legislative, or state power. For that reason, a judge's decisions must rest on more than his subjective conviction that he is right, or his eagerness to address a perceived social ill.

-John McCain
Remarks to The Federalist Society
November 16, 2006

Furthermore, Senator McCain's will restore confidence as he has remained faithful to God and to our country. His private life echo's his trustworthiness and moral direction.

It is a mindless philosophy that assumes that one's private beliefs have nothing to do with public office. Does it make sense to entrust those who are immoral in private with the power to determine the nation's moral issues and, indeed, its destiny? .... The duplicitous soul of a leader can only make a nation more sophisticated in evil.

The journey has ended and my optimism for Michigan has soared. Senator McCain is the chief model to restore integrity to politics and he is the answer to Michigan's economic slum.

Chaz Oswald