It's not like Romney has some better ideas or otherwise he would have told us already what his plans are.
Please tell me Barack Obama's vision for a second term.
There is none. There's nothing besides vague generalities and doing the same stuff as he did before.
Hell, even Chris Matthews agrees with me.
Actually he has laid out his plans.
He's laid out vague generalities. During the primary, the Wall Street Journal panned Romney for not releasing policies that were detailed as some of his opponents had put out.
He's been a bit more specific in tax related issues, but not by much. And after saying he fully embraces the Ryan budget, after picking Ryan, he's backed off that type of support and saying his budget and Ryan's budget are not identical. But has declined to be more specific.
The article I linked to earlier (US News and World Report) was similarly vague on what type of support Romney would give to the Pell Grant program and how much would be cut or if it'd be restructured or anything.
If the candidate doesn't follow the party platform, what's the point of it even existing? The republican platform is way too regressive.
Spoiler alert: The party platform is the party's platform, it is not some binding document that every candidate has to submit to. The 2008 platform mentions a public option, something absent in the version of Obamacare that passed Congress. It also mentions closing Gitmo, something that the 2012 platform lacks.
That being said, an incumbent President has a LOT of control over the party platform vs a candidate for POTUS. While he might not get specific planks in, anything he didn't like would be taken out.
So basically, the Dem 2012 platform reflects Obama. The RNC platform, however, doesn't fully reflect the Romney platform.
randomspot was simply using newt as an example of a person who had vision. he did not support or give his idea credibility in any way. you are attacking a phantom argument. it wouldn't cause WW3 anyway that's retarded.
Thank you.
I truthfully may not even vote. I don't know if I want to go through all the voter registration hassle (Since this is the first election I am old enough to vote in) and get put on jury duty just to pick either of the following:
State requirements and how to sign up to vote may vary, but federal laws such as the Mobile Voter law and various fed programs should make it easier to register and to vote. In my state, you can register online and even confirm your registration, look up precinct info, etc...
Contact your county clerk or Secretary of State's office. Hell, just type in "how to register to vote in [state]" on Google. You can probably do it online.
If you don't want to vote out of pessimism, fine. That's your choice. But it is not a lot of effort to take 10 minutes to register and 10-20 to actually go vote. If there's one place to not be lazy in, it is in being a citizen.
People often look at Universal Healthcare
Yeah, but Obamacare, love it or hate it, isn't UHC.
but even people from Canada would tell you that the government run system is corrupt. That's why some even come here for treatment.
Wiki cites polls saying Canadians approve of it 91% vs the US system and another set of polls saying 70% rate it "well" or "very well"
EDIT: even though the Romney campaign has out-raised them by a alot, I could see the Obama campaign winning this election again.
Money isn't everything, but it sure does help. The problem Romney has right now is his path to 270 is much narrower than Obama's path to 270. Obama can lose North Carolina, for example, and still easily win. Romney, in contrast, needs North Carolina to win.