Me 'n my pops voted today. Gridlock is dumb, but voting down a party line feels dumber. Ah well. Getting tix to see Obama on campus tomorrow after class tomorrow. Seems the big trip for next weekend to CA is definitely happening. Going to start drawing a bit more today.
Right?!? I usually vote for whoever has the best plan for the role they are going to fill. I had to vote D straight down the ticket because I couldn't find any Republicans that were FOR anything... everything they said was negative and couched in opposition to the policies their opponent was supporting. Which is moronic. It's easy to comment on someone else's policy or position. That's cheap and easy. What is hard is coming up with an idea/proposal/plan, putting it together, and putting it out for public scrutiny. And standing up for it when people attack you. THAT's the real work. Sitting in the back of the room with your arms folded and whining about someone else's policy is not productive. I sure hope the moderate republicans split from the Republican party and start a new party so we can actually have open and honest discussions and debates. Gridlock is dumb, but voting down a party line feels dumber.
I shamelessly agree with you on every point. For better or worse, on the ballot as well. Was in line to see Obama come on campus when I read through this. Lots of "4 more years" chants and Republican bashing going on. I found it interesting how Obama spoke to the importance of voting down party lines to avoid gridlock - bonus points to which side he encouraged. I've been hearing this from a lot of friends recently as well. This could well sound bad, but I'd be happy if at least Dem's swept all other seats to shut out the Rep's to make them reconsider their party... Picture time! This is what VIP passes afforded you: This is what regular seats afforded you: Note: he was way closer than what the picture looks like. You can tell from this comment that I didn't get the VIP pass, hehe.I sure hope the moderate republicans split from the Republican party and start a new party so we can actually have open and honest discussions and debates.
I think there's a lot of room to the Left of Clinton (see: Bernie Sanders), and that Clinton could even move farther right. If a moderate Democrat joined her over there, and then took the reins, then even centrist Republicans could get behind this "conservative Democrat". That might spawn a Center-Right party that is more in tune with the modern social climate, pushing the conservative Christians further to the extreme right, and making room for real work to be done in the middle, where something like 72% of Americans actually identify themselves. Socially liberal, fiscally conservative, with a hankering for science and evidence-based programs, and a diminished role for government in everyday lives. I'd vote for that shit in a second.