So, who gets your vote?

im almost always a third party voter, but i've lost hope with getting a 3rd party off the ground. i think the model has to be to infilitrate the current establishment to get anywhere similar to how ron paul did in the gop.

i guess it's mitt romney ticket just because i cannot stand obama's policies.

 

I want a forward thinking economic policy that will maintain or restore US economic competitiveness; that means investing in education and job retraining, R&D, investing in clean energy, balanced trade policies, etc. -- Obama comes closest to my economic policy vision.

I want a health policy that provides universal coverage in a single payer system, but that is near impossible in the short term and the Affordable Care Act that increases access to the uninsured as well as providing expanded coverage and consumer protection to those already insured is the next best alternative -- Obama

I want an energy policy can truly make US energy independent over time and that means less subsidy of big oil and more subsidy of clean/alternative energy and focus on conservation -- Obama

I want tax policies that support and protect the middle class and working poor, not the top 1%; and a balanced approach to debt reduction-- Obama

I want environmental regulatory policies that are both environmentally and economically sustainable -- Obama

I want policies that maintain a temporary social safety net for those in need and provide long term security to seniors - - Obama

I want policies that protect women's reproductive rights and the right of gay couples to marry -- Obama

I want a defense policy that is less unilateral but does not isolate the US from world affairs -- marginally Obama


I was a Hillary Clinton supporter in '08 (and still believe she would have been a better president than Obama) but my vote will be cast for the candidate that has come closest to embracing my vision of what is "best for America" -- Obama

Gary Johnson is the most reasonable libertarian I have seen in a long time and might actually impact the election in New Mexico (his home state) and nearby states.

And finally, the most outlandish candidates -- Randall Terry (the anti-choice extremist) and Pastor Terry Jones (anti-Muslim extremist), both of whom push the envelope in hate speech bordering on calls for violence.

 

There are a lot of different issues, and Obama isn't on the right side of all of them. But, he is the best shot at fixing the countries issues, if the right stops whining and complaining that is. The economy isn't nearly as bad as it was a few years ago.

Obama/Dems/Greens should come out with a real balanced budget. Cut 50% of the military (eliminate Coast Guard and shift their jobs to other agencies(Navy, Border, NOAA), eliminate bases, reduce troop recruitment, do we really need 6 or 7 special forces units plus Marines, how about the college football teams, and more). And the other government agencies aren't immune. Also, the left should have some cuts to their programs too.

The government should also try an provide more services that people would be willing to pay for. Or let people donate money to NASA or the DOE to fund some cool projects.

Plus, estate taxes and raising taxes on certain type of income should happen to pay off the debt that benefited the wealthy during the last 30 years.

I'm still voting for Obama instead of against Mitt. Although Mitt's speech yesterday with the coal miners was really bad. I don't care if the coal miners in Ohio lose their jobs. I am doing what I can to make that happen.

 

Also an outsider, would also vote Obama for the same reasons.

 

I do think that we need to rethink how we vote for representatives. The Tea party can get lots of seats somehow, yet the green party and libertarian one can't. The Tea party lost a bunch of races because people voted against them too.

With how my 'district' is drawn, it makes no sense. It would be better if you voted for the party at the state level and once you get 5% of the vote, you get a seat (if there are 20 seats). Then once you vote for your party platform, you choose/rank the candidates.

It would make it so you voted 'for' something, and it should encourage more compromise in the house since it would take a lot more effort to change all of the Republicans into Tea partiers or Democrats into Occupiers.

 

Definitely Obama. For all the right reasons listed above.

 

i always thought something like that would be better. like you could vote as many people as you want so you aren't throwing a vote away if your 3rd party candidate lost.

 

In many ways I've come to look at the POTUS elections on the US as a choice of the lesser of two evils... which as many have pointed out is still evil. It's reached a point now where I think it about the same as choosing between Pepsi and Coke. After Romney locked up the GOP nom. I really lost a lot of interest in the race mainly because all the nut bags were weeded out. If a Bachman or Palin (no, it's not a woman thing. It's a crazy thing) were on the ticket I'd be in the US right now doing everything I could (legally, sanely, non-violently) to make sure they lost. But they're not so... meh. I honestly don't see where Mitt would do that many things different then Barack. Oh I know they make big statements about doing this or doing that but in the end they pretty much do the same thing. Often those things benefit the wealthy, the banks and large corporations and screw the average working stiff. Many of the things Obama said he'd do he didn't. His idea of compromise has often been what I'd call surrender. His record on things like closing GITMO, ending the wars, medical marijuana and even gay rights are not exactly stellar in my opinion. But in the end I think Mitt would do much worse in those areas then Obama so I'll vote Obama but I don't think he's a prefect match for my ideals and wishes. If I really thought Mitt was going to enact all the crap he talks about then I'd be worried, greatly worried. But I seriously believe he just wants to be POTUS and is saying whatever he thinks will put him in the office. Kind of like Obama in '08. Make a lot promises you know you'll never be able to or possibly even try to up hold and once in office do pretty much the same things the last guy did.

 

CT is going to Obama, no question about that. I'll probably vote for Stewart Alexander unless he picks a terrible VP.

 

Unfortunately, elections in America = damage control. No one will be elected who doesn't suck and damage America, ergo, better to vote in the candidate who will suck less, and will do less damage to the country. In this case, I believe that ticket to be Obama/Biden, and I will vote accordingly. If all else were equal, my guess is that I would probably end up voting Green, although I have some problems with their platform and agenda also. But at this point, the Green Party couldn't get Superman elected to the Justice League.

 

I've been watching team Romney more closely since he choose Ryan. I thought Mitt's flip flop were bad before. Gez, Mitt can't even decide if he's going to agree or disagree with Ryan's budget which I think is crap. But team Romney seems to agree with it one day and disagree, has his own budget pan, the next. One day they're different and the next they're the freaking same. You'd think before you rolled out a VP pick you figure out what you agreed with and what you did not.

I stand by my "Mitt will say anything to get elected." What he'll actually do is a mystery. Kind of like his taxes.

 

One thing we do know is that based on his voting record (including co-sponsoring a bill to give personhood status to a fertilized egg as one measure of his policy extremism), Paul Ryan is the most ideological extremist conservative VP choice to ever come out of Congress (does not include candidates like Palin, with no federal legislative voting record).

 

Well Cheney's actually a run of the mill nut bag neo-con. His concerns were/are about money and protecting the US from evil doers like brown people. His religious ideas are left of people like Bush, Ryan, Palin et el.

 

I agree with most of this sentiment and I will be voting for Obama.
Perhaps more than Mitt Romney himself, I don't want to see him elected because of the message it will send to the free-roaming loonies out there and the possible consequences it could have on the decisions of (what I consider to be) a piece of mormon milquetoast residing in the white house.