klystron said:
gergroy said:
I have been undecided mostly because i dislike all the choices. However, I have decided I am going to be one of those people that votes against somebody instead of for them. So i have decided to vote for Mitt Romney.
My reasons mostly stem from the early portion of Obamas term when he had a super majority in congress. The economy was in the tank and instead of working on that, he pushed for healthcare that ultimately ends up being a large tax on small businesses. He also didnt bother with bipartisan efforts during this time either.
Basically, I dont like how obama handled his term, and im not a fan of Romney, but I think it I would rather see somebody else get a chance then another term of Obama.
A little caveat here, I live in Utah so my vote doesnt actually matter. Utah will go for romney by over 70%... |
Thank you for reminding people of something Obama would like us all to forget... his two years with a supermajority and getting only health care done. He can't blame the Republicans for an "obstructionist" congress when they had no power. In fact, there has not been a budget passed in Obama's presidency. This is a first. So yeah, you can blame the GOP for the last two years... but in the first two years they did nothing, either.
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There are ways to still be obstructionist and NOT have the majority power:
http://newsjunkiepost.com/2010/03/02/republican-obstruction-at-work-record-number-of-filibusters/
In fact, the only reason why healthcare passed was because after meeting previous republican filibusters and giving them 90% of what they want, they STILL filibustered the plan, so Obama invoked Reconciliation.
This was the Republicans plan all along, to halt congress to a standstill despite being in the minority, and then using it on Obama when up for re-election. I called this way back in 2009. They don't care for bipartisanship. They only care about it if THEY have the white house.
