I feel I must respond to the Wall Street Journal article mentioned below.

The article reflects Republicans' desperation as election day approaches; overanalyzing Barack Obama's policies, manipulating his statements, and using the old conservative "empathy has no place in politics" argument.

It is clear at this point that Obama is going to win the election, yet it appears that some are still in denial. The McCain campaign has been plagued by comedy as Americans witnessed John McCain's foolish remarks about the economy, and laughed in agony over his vice presidential selection of Sarah Palin. Obama on the other hand has shown intelligence, determination, and leadership throughout his campaign - he deserves to be Commander in Chief.

Yet another thing disturbs me about this article: the idea that empathy has no place in politics. What is politics then? Some cold, calculating, machine? An economically rational process? NO! Democratically elected politicians are meant to *serve* the people, and that requires empathy. I certainly would not want a psychopath as President.

Strangely enough, the Bush Administration was perhaps the least empathetic in American history. Look where that got us.