| I disagree with the "I would rather we ALL go for an Independent" philosophy. At this point in time the republicans and the democrats are too strong to be defeated. You can believe in an idealistic world but reality stares us in the face. And conveincing "all" to go for the independent just to "scare" the republicans and democrats is a tramendous endeavor. It's easier for us to band together against the worse candidate ever - hillary. Here's my strategy to defeat Hillary. Start early - that is, in the primary. If she losses there, she cannot win the presidency. So, that means that all of us should vote for the next runner up in the democratic primary, which according to the polls is now Obama. Later, at the final election, we can re-evaluate the situation and vote for our favorite, or once again for the lesser of the two or three evils. We need to understand the kind of game politics is. In my opinion, it is not about: may the best politician win, but may the worst one lose! And in 2008 that is Hillary. For example, both times Clinton won the presency there was a third candidate (from the independent party, i think, ross perot one time and someone else the other). In both of these instances the votes that were lost or "used" toward these candidates, I believe, was from the more conservative republican. So, those people who voted for that 3rd candidate with the idealistic dream of getting him elected were in my opinion not wise in that their vote was lost to someone who couldn't win. How did we know? By looking at the polls before the election. But being pursuaded happens because people have this idealistic belief about politics that it's about voting for whomever they think is right, rather than looking at the whole picture and weighting things out, seeing how others are voting, and asking ourselves, if I vote for this candidate, who will win? Will my candidate will or will my vote be used up on a candidate who most likely won't win. What do the polls tell me? Who am I voting in by not voting for someone else? This is how we have to think, in my opinion. What do you think? Furthermore, if you use history as a guide, a democrat will most likely win in 2008. That's how the american people are - fickle. Every 4/8 years they vote for a republican, then for a democrat. (Or, rather that's what gets elected; remember for example in 2000, that Bush was elected by the people, but by the electoral vote.) Check out the history for yourself, and verify whether is not true or not. Historically, the presidency (and congress, but on a irregular rhythm) has gone back and forth between the Republicans. Just look at the last 2 decades for example. But it goes back thoughout all our history. Add to this most people's disgust or dislike of the Iraq war in which a republican put us in, and this is for almost certain that a democrat will win in 2008. This is why I say to use this strategy. The stragegy of voting in the democratic primary for hillary's closest opponent. |