It isn't often that this columnist finds herself at a loss for something to say. But that is exactly where I find myself today, at least when it comes to this year's presidential campaign.

What, exactly, is a reasonable voter to do, come this November? Heck if I know.

McCain looks and feels too old to be President. He has mental lapses, as when he mistakenly spoke of the now-dissolved Czechoslovakia or when he spoke of a non-existent Iraq/Pakistan border. The constant reminders of McCain's age are an unfortunate contrast to Barack Obama's relative youth and charisma.

But there are worse, more substantive problems with McCain. His tenure in the Senate has been characterized by problematic positions on various issues. He has promoted policies that assault free speech. The Founders never meant for political speech to be burdened with confusing, bureaucratic rules and overly harsh penalties. Further, McCain has been too reluctant to promote tax policies that make sense, although he has been better than many at fighting pork barrel spending. On judges, he is too quick to take positions that seem aimed at obtaining praise from The New York Times. Notably, he participated in the Gang of 14, which undermined President Bush's attempts to fill judicial positions with the respected jurists that he had nominated. And I haven’t even started in on McCain’s eagerness to believe Al Gore’s hysterical and unscientific statements regarding global warming. Or his initial unwillingness to help Americans gain energy independence by drilling in ANWR and elsewhere. He’s apparently changed his mind about some of it. But one wonders how long that will last.

Really, there are so many problems with McCain that it is hard not to wish that he would acknowledge his age as a reason to bow out before the Republican convention, leaving delegates free to nominate a candidate whose beliefs reflect the principles in the Republican Party platform.

But then there is Obama. And he is even worse.

If McCain is too old, Obama is too young. He is charismatic, but occasionally he says something that shows his lack of experience and unfortunate naiveté when it comes to matters of foreign policy. He infamously affirmed during one early primary debate that he would "be willing to meet separately, without precondition . . . with the leaders of Iran, Syria, Venezuela, Cuba and North Korea." He seems to think that he can simply sit and talk with these dictators and make the problems of the world go away. Just as naively, he believes that terrorists should be treated no harsher than the average felon in the U.S. justice system. Oh, sure. That will work.

At least McCain, the former prisoner of war, would stand his ground when it comes to protecting American interests around the world. It's hard to imagine terrorists running roughshod over McCain, as they surely would with Obama. Americans may not be safe from our enemies if Obama is in charge.

And I haven't even gotten into Obama's relationships with such anti-American mentors as the Reverend Jeremiah Wright.

So what is a reasonable voter to do this November? Perhaps the most rational course of action is to vote for the man with the most experience for the job. A naïve and inexperienced president is an immensely dangerous asset when terrorists are waging war against us. But this writer still can’t help but feel that Americans are in a lose-lose situation come this November.