Reason to Vote for Kerry without bashing Bush

So much of the election has been focused on why we shouldn't vote for George Bush. In my little corner of the world, I am going to try and come up with a positive reason each day that one should vote for John Kerry and John Edwards in November.

1. Kerry is a liberal. Yes I said liberal. I am a liberal and proud of it. According to dictionary.com a liberal is defined as:

1. Not limited to or by established, traditional, orthodox, or authoritarian attitudes, views, or dogmas; free from bigotry.
2. Favoring proposals for reform, open to new ideas for progress, and tolerant of the ideas and behavior of others; broad-minded.

There are so many different problems in our country right now, that I think we need to remain open-minded to new solutions. Maybe instead of making up imaginary problems such as the "danger of gay marriage", we should all come up with some problems to solve that we can all agree upon.

Can everyone of us agree that these are real problems that need solutions. I'm not saying that we are going to agree on the solution, I'm just saying that we recognize they are problems that need to be solved.

1. Health care. It is too expensive for individuals and for businesses. It is a problem that is effecting almost everyone of us in one way or another right now.

2. Education. Every American would probably agree that our education (pre-school through graduate school) could use improvement.

3. Poverty.