Who do you want as the USA president in 2013?

[sethnintendo]

HappySqurriel said:

sethnintendo said:
I'm glad that Ron Paul got the second most votes even though he probably deserves to be number 1. Anyways, it is nice to see people choose him and not freaking Newt. I have no idea why Newt has the supposed lead for Iowa. Unless people in Iowa have completely lost their mind.

While he has a lot of very significant negatives (primarily that he is a flip-flopping politician that represents the "establishment") he is a well-spoken, intelligent individual with lots of ideas and has experience that puts him as one of the most qualified to be president in either party. It really shouldn't be that difficult to see why people like him ...

In my opinion though, I'm not sure I know what kind of president he would be. In many ways the thing that makes me distrust and dislike him the most, that he is a very successful establishment politician, is also one of the things that can make him very effective. From his experience as speaker of the house I'm certain that Newt would have unique insight into "getting his way" regardless of what party is in charge of the congress. At the same time, I have doubts that an insider like Newt would be willing to push for the changes that are needed to "fix" the political system or economy of the United States.

Some of his talking points seem to be right out of the Bush playbook.  Deregulation being a key part of his ideology.  While I don't believe in over regulation the lack of regulations in a lot of industries leads to many abuses.  Just look at derivative market which were highly unregulated.  It seems like the only thing Republicans can say to fix the economy is deregulation and less spending (something Bush didn't do but other Republicans vow to).  I don't believe any of those will completely solve the issue.  Sure, spending is a very big problem but no party dares to address the sectors that are going to go out of control the most in the future (Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security).  Hell, the super committee couldn't even come up with an agreement on where the cuts should be made.  It is obvious that this country has a very big healthcare problem.  Spending is out of control for it and the amount of money for each procedure is vastly overpriced.  I don't think any politician in the USA has big enough balls to address the economy (at least in the manner it needs to be handled).