I actually wish that I felt engaged by a candidate. I would like to feel one of the two valid choices could make a positive difference in the lives of everyday americans.

Maybe Obama has a better chance at enacting positive change for most people and I should support him, but I just can't get over the many things he has done to erode the basic civil rights that the constitution should grant everyone of us. I also think that he has been ineffective at pushing a sensible domestic agenda, he starts from compromise and proceeds to compromise more ending up with unfocused policies that underachieve.

I think Romney is probably a decent guy but I also think he has no idea how hard it is for the average Joe to get ahead. If many Americans don't pay much taxes it's because most their money goes toward trying to put food on the table at a time when there really aren't many employment prospects. His solution is to give more breaks to the business and finance sector which is already way below capacity having no incentive to invest as long as what they already have isn't operating at it's natural capacity. Basically the guy is operating on trickle down fallacies.

I've read enough history to know that sometimes things go to shit, sometimes for a few years, sometimes for a few generations sometimes for good. I think things are going to shit now. Stupid wars, erosion of basic rights, a surveillance state, out of control government finance, harsh polarization and all encompassing bullshit and populism as the only solution. These kind of situations can turn on a dime if the right person or conditions come around, I guess I can only hope for better days.