A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been 200 years.

"...Bob Casey leads Tom Smith, 35% to 23% with 39% undecided, in the U.S. Senate race; when voters who lean to a candidate are included, Casey's lead increases 43% to 28%, but a high proportion still remain undecided (24%)..."

See prior post...

It is hard to take Romney serious for the following reason:
1) He will not release his taxes. What is he hiding?
2) He wants to cut some spending while increasing military spending. Why?
3) Money he saves through cuts would go directly to tax cuts for upper income????
4) His trip abroad shows he is a foreign policy disaster waiting to happen.
5) Turn medicare into a voucher program????

How is this guy different than W Bush?

It is hard to take Obama serious for the following reason:

1) He will not release his college tax returns. What is he hiding?
2) He wants to increase some spending while decreasing military spending. Why?
3) Money he saves would be directly from tax increases for upper income????
4) His trip abroad shows he is a foreign policy disaster waiting to happen by not allowing his wife in arabian countries
5) Turned health care into a disaster waiting to happen????

How is this guy different than Jimmy Carter?

They didnt poll me!!! ROMNEY!!!!

Here's the Romney-Ryan Plan:
1. Tax poor & working people but not the rich;
2. Encourage wages in the U.S. to fall to third world levels;
3. Pass trade laws that make it easy for companies to send jobs overseas;
4. Pass laws that enable only insurance companies to control who gets health care (including seniors) and who doesn't;
5. Replace public education with out of pocket private schools and home schooling;
6. Refuse to invest in crumbling public infrastructure such as highways, bridges, and sewer systems;
7. Environmental Policy: Pass laws and weaken regulations that enable companies to pollute the environment;
8. Pass laws that enable gas and oil production and prices to be controlled by a few large companies; Make sure that there is no longer any research or work on alternative energy sources; Keep defense spending high to protect non domestic oil production;
9. Repress rights for women and minorities and repress voting participation;
10. Divide the American people on cultural issues (religion, sexual orientation, gun rights, etc);
11. Instill fear in the American public through manufactured crises and created "boogeymen". Then attack political opponents by claiming to be more "patriotic" and the better keeper of "American Values" than they.
12. Make it impossible for literally millions of ELIGIBLE voters to cast their ballots, which is flagrant vote tampering and corruption.
Can YOU afford to vote for these guys? I can't. I'M A WORKING MOTHER.

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Franklin and Marshall polls are rigged.

The intense hatred for President Obama is telling. It lacks objectivity and makes one wonder where such venom emanates from. Those who oppose Obama need to be more honest about the situation we are in, how we got here, and what has been done to the president to change the course we were one; as well as what is being done to derail the president's attempts. I'm a small business owner. From my vantage point, the economy had been on a slide since 2001 until it fully chrashed in 2008, at which point our business lost 50% of its revenue. Our economy was on the brink of collapse. Since then, our revenue has been on a slow yet steady incline, save for a couple retractions. It seems disingenuious to try to blame president Obama for not being able to fully erase the negative effects of 30+ years of failed economic policy in less than 4. It seems even more disingenuious for the opposing party to not take responsibility for their role in that failure and then use our current situation as a reason why Obama is a failure. Wasn't president George W. Bush a failure then? Wasn't the Iraqi war a colossal drain on resources? Obama's not perfect, but he's far from a failure, and he's the better choice of candidates in this race considering Romney's record and lack of a plan. Unless you consider slashing social services for the elderly and the poor, while reducing the tax burden on your wealthy friends while parading around like your down with Christ a plan.

In my mind, it's a weak platform to just walk around saying how shitty your opponent is while having nothing to back it up. If you want the presidency, you have to win it, not just try to make your opponent lose it at any cost. That's not leadership. That's underhandedness.

@Phillyboy- please explain, with specific references, how President Obama is a socialist. just saying he is doesn't cut it in my mind. that's tantamount to name-calling. i also feel as tho people are using the term "socialist" when what they are really trying to imply is the term "communism". Capitalism is a monetary/economic concept. it isn't a governmental notion. the mere existence of a central government implies a level of socialization, i.e.; military, highways, infrastructure and the like. we also, as a nation, subsidize; oil, transportation, agriculture, etc. so using such a loose definition as people like to do, isn't giving money to corporation also socialization?

ayahtola obahma was the first president in history to have a budget rejected 99 to 0his bailout of the auto industry? no what 25 billion did was make the union pensions whole ,they were big contributors and non union pensions got nada we got screwed for 25 billion there is a long list the thought act passed in 09 a step to 1st amendment rights taken away 2nd amendment? he and hilary are dealing now in the un china and a couple other countries are in with him trying to disarm the population humm just like adolph hitler did .. its ok to see you made a big mistake voting for a benedict arnold just do not do it twice i wish i had my vote back