Sorry I missed this one yesterday Robert - this pretty much sums up the election year. Liked your stance in the intro; very sensible. I lean towards conservatism, but realize that some so-called 'entitlements' are very necessary to help those that need help, especially in this poor economy. My beef is with the huge amount of fraud in the system, and our penchant to reward people who are gaming the system. It appears to me that the Dems just seem to believe those people do not exist. I live and work in the real world and I see it every single day. Politics are not going to solve anything anyway; personal responsibility and common sense are at an all-time low in this country and cluelessness is at an all-time high. I also note that the Republican slate was dire from the start - there was only one person on there that I even considered was worth a vote and unfortunately said candidate was dead last in the polls (see death of common sense above). If I did vote (and I don't) I think I would go for Obama, simply because he is the lesser of two evils and hey - the country is in such a mess that I figure give him four more years; maybe, just maybe he may surprise us all and clean things up. After all, he wants to leave office with a good legacy. I was for Obama four years ago; somehow his candidacy just seemed 'right.' I disagreed with many of his policies, but felt the same about McCain. So we might as well go for four more years; we are at rock bottom and there is nowhere to go but up. I may be a cynic, but I am still a bit of an optimist (can those two co-exist in one brain? Hmmm...). Okay, end of rant. :)