What does John McCain stand for? What is his platform? Every commercial I see from his campaign is always about Obama. I find it amazing this man has any support at all. I am challenging any McCain voter out there to tell me what policies he is running on. He says he will not raise taxes so how does he plan to run this country? If he doesn’t raise taxes and he wants to continue the Iraq War without paying for it will we continue to deficit spend to the tune of $400 billion a year? McCain is centering his energy policy on drilling for more oil. How is that going to revolutionize our dependence on foreign oil? The big question is what is the core feature of his platform? What are the three components of his platform that he will deliver within the first two years? To understand the nonsensical nature of McCain’s economic plan simply go to his campaign website and read his proposals. Most, in fact, are not really proposals at all. Take for instance this:  JohnMcCain2008.com. He talks about strengthening the dollar but doesn’t say how he plans on doing so. He also is going to tell foreign oil producing nations our dependence on foreign oil will come to an end. Is that a policy? Look how this is worded. Craziness. McCain’s energy plan includes a $300 million prize for anyone who comes up with advanced battery technology. Obama plans to invest $150 billion in the next 10 years to advance technology in plug-in hybrids, promote development of commercial scale renewable energy, encourage energy efficiency, invest in low emissions coal plants, advance the next generation of biofuels and fuel infrastructure, and begin transition to a new digital electricity grid. Now that is a policy. Some would say the government should not be playing such a large role but we now know energy dependence is a national security issue and since when has the government not been involved in making us safer? Obama is honest. He says he plans on raising taxes. If it requires higher taxes to emasculate the Middle East and Venezuela then I am all for it. So I will be waiting for Republicans to tell me what McCain plans to do to solve the problems we now face. I won’t, however, hold my breath.