If it comes down to Romney Vs Obama

You bring up a good point of why we should consider doing away with the electoral college. If they just went by the popular vote they could probably get more people in your situation to vote because literally every vote would count then, no matter what way your state tends to vote. Of course it would not really matter because Republicans are making it harder to vote anyways with the ID law. Like people can't get fake ID's. So either way there is still going to a chance of voter fraud.

Yeah. Its hard to vote when they screw up your registration and then you can't register because its too close to election time when you find out. I'm not exactly why there is such a concern with voter fraud since only a small percentage of the population actually votes.

My biggest complaints have nothing to do with health care. In fact I think healthcare may be the last thing we have left to hold onto in this country to promote jobs. Our manufacturing and technology base has already been outsourced and I don't see it ever coming back. My issues are his renewal of key portions of the patriot act that were due to expire. The failed bailouts that used tax payers money to move more jobs south of the border. The bailouts that still left nearly 2 million homes in foreclosure last year alone. The attorney general that is under him and his administrations recommending to BoA a company who deals in "blackmailing" reporters to not speak the truth, considering putting returning veterans on terrorist watch list or people who blog about their constitutional rights. Failure to investigate and press charges against broker and lending firms that had a direct connection with the market crash (some of which now are working for his administration). How many more reasons would you like me to list? I know you are going to say "oh that is all out of his control" right?

All right besides the debt (which was needed), what damage has Obama done? I know you are going to say health care but that for the most part it has not even went into effect yet. So how do you know if it has done damage to our country. How can people criticize something they don't even know works or not. How about we give it a shot and see if it works better and if it don't, then lets criticize it. Other than those how has Obama done damage to the country?

Yes jobs have been outsourced and continue to be outsourced, but manufacturing jobs are up. 250,000 factory jobs since 2010 have been added to the economy. That is the most since 1997. If we keep on this path at get housing stabilized I think this country will be all right. The problem with this country over the last 10 years has been we stopped making things. We thought we could just ship everything overseas and just become and country that plays the stock market all day. As far as the patriot act. Are you afraid that once it expires the country will be less safe. You may have a point but I think President Obama has done a excellent job at keeping us safe. So he has earned my trust in that department, so I trust that he knows what he is doing and will continue to keep the country safe. As far as the bailouts I think he did what he thought was best at the time. It definitely worked for the auto industry. I have no problems that he bailed them out as most of their problems had to do with poor leadership which is why he fired the head guy at the time and appointed someone else. Then the rest was due to high pension costs mainly due to healthcare. They were able to get all that reformed and now they are thriving. Who said government can't help the private sector. You just have to understand their problems and work with them. As far as the big banks they are just greedy b@stards and if they would let people in to see what the hell they are actually doing we could probably fix them. I definitely think they should be broken into smaller banks because they are to big to keep up with what everyone is doing with in their company. Has Obama made mistakes, yes. Has he done everything I agree with, no, but I think he has helped this country more than he hurt it. This being in one of the most trying times in US history. Can you think of a modern President that has had to deal with more than he has in his first three years. Being critical of your President is good but lets be fair about it.

"Romney has no core, no principles whatsoever; he's an empty suit or a Ken doll stuffed with money, take your pick." So is Obama, I fail to see why you think one is so much better than the other. Both will flip-flop in a heartbeat if it suits them. Both will criticize opponents about something and later embrace it (remember Obama MOCKING the healthcare mandate?) Both are able to appeal to the most superficial voters who like the looks, hair, skin color, etc. Really Annie, they were practically separated at birth with one getting an R and the other a D. Romney even implemented a healthcare plan like the one the your hero, Obama, signed into law.

Taskr, from where I sit there is a HUGE difference between the two. Yes, I remember President Obama OPPOSING the health care mandate but how many candidates have EVER carried out all of their promises to the letter. With Romney we're not just talking flip-flops as in the kind of changes of heart everyone has from time to time as they learn more about an issue but total and complete 180s. Changing a position on what is a relatively small detail is not a change of core beliefs. I support our President and will most likely vote for him again but he'll have to turn a lot further to the left for me to consider him "my hero". Annie

Anniepa, what is your evidence that many won't survive if any republican wins the Presidency? We republicans have always been able to survive the democrats. What flaw do democrats have that makes it impossible to survive a republican president?

I had to hold my nose in 2008.

True I'll agree they are both populists too.

You're right about Romneycare in that he has specifically pointed out that the constitution allows that in the state of Massachussets, but not at the federal level. Aside from that, both flip flop so often that it's hard to know where they stand on some issues. Romney would be better than Obama, no doubt, but the two really do have a lot in common with the way they play to the crowds and choose their opinions based on what will get the highest approval.

Wow, I actually agree with you.