Well I've decided,

[mitchtv]

I know Obama has been a bitter disappointment to many, including myself, and he is no liberal. I will support his bid for reelection. He has done enough to earn my vote. I will continue to criticize, and will contribute in the coming campaign. Luckiy in SoCal there are few like that, but there are a few

[WingDinger]

1. When has it EVER been any different? Who was the last perfect Dem leader?

[WingDinger]

2. And if you are tempted to say MLK or Harvey Milk or Jesus?

[mitchtv]

4. I have changed

over the years I have gotten sick and tired of voting for the Lesser evil of the two, but I will take my ire out on Bluedogs down ticket this year

[tblue]

12. Obama is a Blue Dog.

A lot of Dems don't care, don't know, or don't want to think about it. But I've finally come to terms with it and have adjusted my expectations.

[mitchtv]

13. Sadly true,

but the stakes are too high in his case. I am angry, but he bought himself into the club with DADT enacted, as far as I am Concerned. I have a blue in my target locally , upon whom i will focus my rage, as he has voted anti marriage, and that type has to go asap.

[ZombieHorde]

3. Recommended. nt

[patrice]

5. Perhaps then, as Buckminster Fuller woul say, you are a verb . . . not a static object to be acted

upon.

[mitchtv]

6. I am loyal Dem

but not so loyal as to allow my rep to vote against me because I have "nowhere else to go", without repercussions.

[patrice]

8. I'm with that, but have concerns about a problem those repercussions are leading to: new CANDIDATES

I'd be fine if "somewhere else to go" wasn't exclusively just denying my vote to the offenders.

SOMEBODY must step up and commit to making a real difference, so that there is a realistic expectation that there is somewhere else to go, someone to vote FOR, either immediately or ASAP.

I think we need instant-runoff-voting.

[mitchtv]

10. sometimes they are sooo bad

they have to go, no matter what, I have a state senator like that (won by 8 votes)

[patrice]

11. I live in Brownbackistan. Party leaders . . . well . . . NO ONE steps forward in anything but

the safest ways possible, so those of us in the trenches do everything, while party TPB court "reasonable" Republicans . . . I guess because they really do have to for the poorest and most disadvantaged amongst us possibly suffering even more, but . . . .

I have to stop talking about it, I'm getting depressed . . . .

[TexasTowelie]

7. Happy to know that the President will have your support.

He will get my vote because in the immortal words of Weeper Boner, "I got 98% of what I wanted." (well, more like 95%)

President Obama hasn't done everything that I wished, but at least he is going in the direction that I like. The Rethuglicans stopped, parked, forgot to put on the emergency brake, and the vehicle is rolling in reverse until it crashes into something.

[patrice]

9. Good analogy. And as it crashes, they plan to buy their way out of it & acquire more slaves in the

process.

[mitchtv]

14. they are salivating for american born ,legal, servants

(doing their part as Job Creators)
mad fantasies of their neighbors working in the strawberry farms and such

[patrice]

15. a significant portion of which they hope to consign to "faith"-ba$ed plantations that harvest

the disadvantaged and make everyone feel all hunky-dory about it for "Jesus" TM.

[blkmusclmachine]

16. Soon we'll all be GOP.

n/t

[Creideiki]

17. I'm just playing keep away

Until we have a Democrat running for the office. There's not a single Republican in the Clown Car who isn't batpoop crazy. Huntsman without the Magic Underwear (TM) might be, but he's stuck with the Magic Underwear.

[yardwork]

18. I'm with you, Mitch. I probably won't contribute $ though.

Obama is getting plenty of cash from the corporations. I will vote for him, though.