WAUKESHA - The leaders of the local Republican and Democratic
parties stood behind their presidential candidates after the second
presidential debate Tuesday, seeing each man display positive
aspects of their potential presidencies.
Don Taylor, chairman of the Republican Party of Waukesha County,
said Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain continued to
show his strengths during Tuesday’s debate, despite neither
candidate coming out "very sharply one way or another."
"His strengths are his experience and his character, and
those are the things that are short on his opponent," Taylor
said, comparing McCain to Democratic presidential candidate Sen.
Barack Obama.
Taylor said McCain shined when asked about his experience,
policies and his "love of country and patriotism."
McCain would also be able to help middle-class Americans by
giving them opportunities and not simply giving them government
handouts, Taylor said. He said Obama would make government bigger at
the expense of the people.
"McCain would empower the individual," he said.
