Election Campaign - What To Look For

As a teacher, I always try and tell my students the most important quality for a leader is character - honesty, integrity and a moral compass through which guides him or her in making important decisions. Character above any political party or issue is paramount. This is particularly true for the Presidency of the United States.

With this year's presidential election what is most disturbing is that many women will vote for Hillary Clinton, because she is a woman; as will blacks for Obama because he is black and even John McCain, a war hero, who suffered over forty years ago in a prison camp! There are far greater reasons one must contemplate before voting for a candidate.

Character and one's principles should be the values through which one cast their vote and any candidate should be lead by their honor and character - not by polls or media pundits who we have seen are shallow in any kind of objective analysis.