US slipping away: Obama
Democratic Party’s presidential candidate Barack Obama has said he believed America was “slipping away” and needed someone to get it back on track.
By Agencies |
LOS ANGELES: Democratic Party���s presidential candidate Barack Obama has said he believed America was ���slipping away��� and needed someone to get it back on track.
Appearing onstage together for the first time with his Republican rival John McCain at Saddleback Church in southern California, Obama said: ���We���ve got to make the big decisions but we keep putting them off.��� Washington is ���broken,��� but ���I have the ability to build bridges. I hope I have the opportunity to do that,��� Obama said. Addressing the same function, hosted by the Reverend Rick Warren of the church, McCain said he also can bring the country together and that he can ���move across the aisle��� between Republicans and Democrats in Congress.
He said he wants ���to inspire a generation of Americans to serve a cause greater than themselves.������I���ve always put my country first,��� McCain added. ���I���ll be the president of every American.��� Wide-ranging issues including religious belief, values and politics were discussed in the campaign in which both attempted to convince Christian voters that they share their values.
Rev. Warren, who has been hailed as among the most important new leaders of evangelical Christians, interviewed each candidate separately. The candidates differed most sharply over abortion, a ubiquitous issue in US elections and a key topic for typically conservative Christian voters. When asked at which point the rights of an unborn child begin, Obama said: ���I think whether you are looking at it from a theological perspective or a culture perspective, to answer it with that specificity is above my pay grade.���
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