Of course the economy will be a factor. I just think it's ludicrous to put all the blame for the "great recession" on Obama. The power of any President to control the economy by pushing a few buttons and pulling a few levers is also greatly overrated. The economy is way too big and way too complex for any individual to control it. (BTW, I have said that for a long time, regardless of which party is in the White House).

>So, you are saying you will vote for Obama? I don't think most people will, particularly if the economy stays on this track. He has offered no plan to fix it other than criticize and blame everyone else. I think you've just been drinking the kookaide. I think you are discounting the effect the economy will have on the race. Time will tell....
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>>>Okay, let's say that Palin lied and that is why you can't stand her. (I don't agree, but work with me). Where is your outrage at Obama and his lies?
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>>She's a quitter. She just decided it was too hard being being Governor of Alaska and quit, yet the Palinites just give her a free pass on that. It's not that I dislike Palin more than some other politicians, it's just the way the Palinites give her such a free pass on everything. It's actually funny: The very things you like to call the Obama-lovers (I'm not one of them by the way), the messiah comments, etc., are the EXACT same way you guys treat Palin. She can do no wrong. IMO she's a quitting lying liar with no business being on the national stage. Her selection as a running mate by McCain was ludicrous.
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>>You're in a self-feeding bubble of anti-Obama-ness and your group only encourages itself. You guys are completely oblivious to the fact that your Obama-bashing behavior alienates the middle. Stop with all the vitriolic rhetoric against Obama. It's going to lose you the election! I WANT A FISCAL CONSERVATIVE IN THE WHITE HOUSE, but the Obama-bashing, ultra-conservative ideologist are not candidates I will vote for. They turn me off completely.
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>>Like it or not, it's my vote that will determine the winner in 2012. You will vote Republican regardless of the candidates. Others will vote Obama regardless of the candidates. My vote and other independent votes are the ones that ultimately decide the thing! Please get your cronies to support a true fiscal conservative candidate that won't shove their ultra-conservative ideologies down my throat and won't spend the next year and a half blaming Obama for everything. If you can do that, you will get my vote and other independent votes and might actually win.
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>>I think that sums it up for me.