Romney vs. Obama Debate - Part II on Tuesday - let's score it!

[El Kabong]

Right you are VC. It is so easy to believe that American politics are binary. You're either Republican or Democrat, for abortion or against, for The Dream Act or against, for smaller government or against, for tax cuts or against, etc....but there's a lot of issues where voters can (and should) cross over. I am a registered Independent, I certainly support a great deal of Republican politicians but I long for the day where the Republican Party lets the social issues take a back seat for once.

[VictorCharlie]

This is purely anecdotal but I have found that most people prescribe to being fiscal conservative and socially liberal. They may not use those phrases but if you talk about specifics people agree we should spend less, pay off the debt, simplify the tax code. People often describe themselves as open minded and while issues like abortion, gun rights, drug war are emotional most people I deal with also realize that they are not the most pressing and can at least agree that they don't like being told how to live their lives and generally try not to do it to others. If America ever gets past the all or nothing attitude about Rep VS Dem then men like Paul and Johnson will win running away.

[johnsebastianmiran]

The one thing that I have been led to understand is that if someone wants to be President when they are children, they change their minds before they finish school and pass the buck by voting and if something goes wrong they say it wasn't their fault. My point is that if we give Obummer another four years and we are sure to get more of the same as we move forward it is the fault of his employers, us. I know that whoever wants this job is much more ambitious than the average person and they feel it's worth living under a microscope. Mr. Obama is a media darling, a favorite of the drive by media that ruins your life without substantiation on page one and clears your name with a retraction on page sixteen next to the Alpo dog food sale ad at a local supermarket. We the employers should fire the person without substance (Obummer). This is my belief after the second debate and as James Brown once said in one of his hits that applies to our fearless leader,"Talking loud and saying nothing."