So...... who's going to be the next President???

[dfree383]

Thoughts?

[Matt Gruber]

not my desire, but as long as the economy keeps improving,
obama gets re-elected
Mitt has been making some good speaches, so it could be a close race.

[Keith Morganstein]

Romney is a vain, arrogant elitist who will say anything to be president. My bet is Obama for a second term, unless desire for NObama nationwide is really, really strong. (Strong enough to put an arse like Romney in the White House).

[af2]

So Keith, what do you think about Romney?

[Unkl Ian]

If Romney keeps pushing tax cuts for the rich, and deregulating Wall Street,
while talking down to people, he might have sealed his own fate.

Romney's only prayer, is Obama's record of not delivering on promises.

[David Redszus]

It is with a grave and heavy heart that I must accept the nations terrible fate that Obama will be re-elected.

His own incredible stupidity, that is without precedent, is exceeded only by the incoherent and incomprehensible antics of the Republicans. They simply cannot find even a mediocre candidate, or perhaps that is all they can find.

The avoidance of another four years of economic terror and punishment of the middle class can only be avoided by an anti-Obama landslide in both houses of Congress, and the indictment of legions of bureaucrats.

For insightful and accurate political predictions shouldn't we be consulting the Vegas bookmakers?

[jmarkaudio]

I lean towards Republican, however the issue with both parties is becoming increasingly difficult for both to find some schmuck that will blindly follow either parties wishes. Anyone with reasonable intelligence realizes we cannot keep going on the path we are headed on, neither party want to give up the trainloads of cash they steal from the American people on a daily basis.

[motorhead1320]

How can we not have better choices than any of these guys, with a population of 300 million or so ???????? How ?? Another 4 years of FAIL while China rolls ahead at full steam

[Dave Koehler]

JMK has a grasp. For a long time I have believed it does not matter what poor bastard is in the head office, it is the congress that is the real problem. Nothing concrete ever gets done.

For the last few elections I have been firing everybody regardless of their party and even if I voted for them the last time. Keep doing that until the word goes out that we no longer tolerate greed and/or lazy incompetence and we might have a clean sheet to work with.

I swear that all those folks went to a school on political scamming hosted by the Illinois politicos. What an embarrassing mess all around.

[dfree383]

So who is a good canidate?

[mike fabish]

There are 536 elected Federal Offices in Washington that control 300 million people....435 House of Representatives...100 Senate.....1 President.
It is unbelievable that the 300 million tolerate the lies, bullshit and hypocrisy......No money can be spent unless those 536 come to an agreement.
Unfortunately they continually agree to enrich themselves.....The news media and BIG MONEY continue to determine who is to be elected and who stays elected.....I am afraid Obama will remain elected......Big Money seems happy with him ..........with his record he should be toast....the media is celebrating the Republicans destroying themselves and participating in the systematic debasing of each Republican cannidate who mounts a challenge... I truly wonder in the Republican National Committee isn't content with being in the minority role of the 3 branch system...they can bitch about what the other side of the aisle is passing.....without be accused of being culpable for the gross ripoff of the taxpayers dollars...
and yet the elected Republicans continue to share in the Bonanza of Government......I like the intellect of Gingrich....the integrity of Bachman, and the Bravado of Perry...all good qualities of leadership....I'm afraid Rommney will be shaped by the media to be the next cannidate...and not much will change if he is elected......Mike...

[dfree383]

I kinda like to see Ron Paul...... Maybe the guy could change things some?

[Unkl Ian]

If Ron Paul was President, and tried to follow through on his policies,
he would have 2 parties fighting against him in Congress.

[dfree383]

If Ron Paul was President, and tried to follow through on his policies,
he would have 2 parties fighting against him in Congress.

IMO It would be nice to let him have a go of it, we are heading down the toliet pretty fast with these other clowns, maybe it would do something? They don't get anything done anyhow !!!

Term Limits? Put Congress on Social Security and get rid of their special benifits? Get rid of a few Uneless departments of Goverment?

[David Redszus]

it is the congress that is the real problem. Nothing concrete ever gets done.

Based on the last few years, I'm afraid too much has been done.

we no longer tolerate greed and/or lazy incompetence and we might have a clean sheet to work with.

I could tolerate greed. Perhaps if we paid them more they would spend less of our money.

I have a real problem with incompetence. If it is lazy incompetence, nothing much happens. But what we have is very active incompetence which is highly dangerous.

I swear that all those folks went to a school on political scamming hosted by the Illinois politicos. What an embarrassing mess all around.

Illinois cannot lay claim to having the most corrupt politicos; those are in Washington. What we do have are the dumbest politicos; they get caught.