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Please, please. please let a real liberal run in 2016!
Hear here!
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Please, please. please let a real liberal run in 2016!
That's what it seems like to me. Take the healthcare debate, we went from a single payer system, to this mandated crap very quick because they wanted some republican votes. They bend over backwards on core liberal values because they refuse to nut up, and take a stand. It's disheartening.
And the republicans are worse, because they see this, move the goalposts, and dare to call Obama a socialist, and move their party to the far right. While Romney may be the candidate, he's going to get severe pressure from the party to be more conservative, I suspect he will try to bring up social issues into this race to stir up the base. Also, Romney was never real liberal, a right of center moderate at best. But of course, he's a big liberal now because of how far to the right the party has come.
Please, please. please let a real liberal run in 2016!
Who will you vote for in the 2012 Presidential Election?
They had to change things to please the blue dog Dems and more moderate Dems. Lots of Southern Dems would have lost everything if they voted for a single payer system. The vote was heavily partisan, and the reason for changing things was to gain Democrat support in order to pass it and not to gain Republican votes that they never needed.
I wish that we had a real liberal when it comes to education because we have an educational crisis. I also want a real liberal on healthcare reform. I wish a pro SSM convicted social conservative would run too... I will never have my ideal candidate.
Really? What would you label them as?Pretty much on everything....look at his voting record...as a state Senator, a US Senator and now US President. His foreign policy is closer to a conservative than liberal. He certainly hasn't gone overboard in supporting liberal social issues, except for putting an end to DADT. His economic policies are not liberal. Even his healthcare proposal was extremely moderate. As a liberal I would like to see single-payer brought to the table. Obama is too afraid to venture too far from the middle. Probably wise if he wants to appeal to moderates and independents, but certainly not even close to embracing liberal ideas.
cant believe that it only looks like romneys etch n sketch of the week.
Neither.
If there is a 3rd party candidate I like and my state doesn't screw third party candidates this upcoming presidential election. Then I will vote for that 3rd party candidate I like. If my state screws 3rd party candidates then I will not vote for president. I will however still participate in other elections and ballot issues that will be going on that day. Now if Romney has the audacity to pick Gingrich as his running mate then I will swallow my pride and vote for Obama.
Really? What would you label them as?
I admit I am not really happy with Romney as our candidate but I will hold my nose and vote for him and I think a lot of Conservatives will do the same..........As much as Hussein Obama screwed up in 4 years we cannot endure another 4 years of him.........Conservatives are angry and they want this clown out...............
Neither.
If there is a 3rd party candidate I like and my state doesn't screw third party candidates this upcoming presidential election. Then I will vote for that 3rd party candidate I like. If my state screws 3rd party candidates then I will not vote for president. I will however still participate in other elections and ballot issues that will be going on that day. Now if Romney has the audacity to pick Gingrich as his running mate then I will swallow my pride and vote for Obama.
Hussein Obama should send you a thank you card James............
The GOP of today is having an identity crisis of epic proportions. It is being pushed incredibly right.
With the Religious right, the Libertarians, the birther wing (crazies) and the moderates all wanting to kill eachother, it's amazing the GOP is still in tact.
But if they lose this election, the Right Wing will split.
I don't get it.
I won't vote for Romney at all. Voting for liberal republicans ensures that the republicans will keep propping up libs.What VP would get you to vote for Romney then?
well let me give you a couple of differences ok:
Obama Pro Choice.........Romney Pro Life
Obama Big Gov............. Romney small Gov.
Obama anti DOMA..........Romney pro DOMA
Obama pro Obama care........Romney anti Obama care
Obama tax increases........Romney anti tax increases
Obama cut defense spending ..........Romney increase defense spending or hold the line
Hope that helps
I admit I am not really happy with Romney as our candidate but I will hold my nose and vote for him and I think a lot of Conservatives will do the same..........As much as Hussein Obama screwed up in 4 years we cannot endure another 4 years of him.........Conservatives are angry and they want this clown out...............
Centrist.
Obama's proposed economic policies have all been focused on the middle class. Nothing that Obama has done economically can be characterized as radical and doing much to help the poorest in this country. He has been appealing to the middle of the road, middle class voters.
How so? And how does a far right whacko become governor of MA?
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You really think so? That would be interesting, but I don't see it happening. I do think the religious and social conservatives are a deadweight, and are going to drag the party further down until the GOP can learn to put their foot down and stop making appeals to them.
You don't win conservative voters by pretending an entire wing of the movement does not exist. Social conservatism and religious conservatism have long been in American politics, and will remain so.