Come on citizens...What is the government's reason for being...?

The Preamble (We the people...) explains the purposes of the Constitution, and defines the powers of the government as originating from the people of the United States.

The Declaration of Independence recognizes that the only legitimate purpose of the government is to secure the rights of its individual citizens...

Constitutionally defined assignments of powers within our federal system of government suggests our nation has strayed far from honoring the complementary roles that were set out for serving the legimate purpose of government.

What role should the U.S. government play in the lives of citizens?

I would be nice if I could proof read correctly. Sorry, I meant to spell the word citizens in the first questions.

I think Obama has the upper hand or most likely will win the Democratic nomination.

I personally do not care to vote for any of the three leaders, but I will.

It seems to me that Hillary and Barack are promising streets paved with gold and someone has to pay for that and I am afraid that McCain may explode at any minute.

The lesser of bad, what kind of election is that?

i am not making an educated and informed decree of who i believe the best and most qualified candidate is but i have formed an opinion. i see in hillary a more experienced politican but obamas inexperience may bring a fresh perspective to a jaded "been there done that" government. hillary shows emotion which makes her believeable and obama seems to come across as too composed. so for me the bottom line is that i would like our president to be passionate about her job and not afraid to show she is human.