If Israel could vote in the 08 elections

[Thomas216]

You should know.
Israeli voters will probably vote McCain (from what I can tell), though socially we are a bit more liberal than US voters and economically we are quite far from where the US stands the main concern is Israel is security issues, always have been.
It got nothing to do with how the economy is doing, there could be a depression and people would still vote regardless of economic platforms, average Israeli doesn't mind to pay a 100% tax rate as long as he'll be safe as possible.
So, though economic and social issues may suggest otherwise, Israel will cast its ~12 electoral votes to McCain.

Plus, in Israel there's a mandatory military service, there's huge respect for former generals and Obama, not having served in the military, will find it hard to gain votes.

McCain's age also is not a problem for Israelis, in the contrary. If Obama had been an Israeli PM he would have been the second youngest whilst 9 out of 12 Israeli PM have served into their 70s, the three who didn't are assumed to be the worst.

BTW I'm not sure this is the forum to post this thread.