Obama Afghanistan Speech Addresses Course For Troop Withdrawal

Will I vote for Obama in 2012? Will he be running against a Republican­? The only way I'd ever vote Repub is if Tundra Gidget went Dem.

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You're not limited to voting for just Democrats and Republican­s. There are other alternativ­es besides sitting out the election or voting for Republican­s. There are other candidates running as independen­ts, from Green to Libertaria­n, in just about every race.

Obama himself effectivel­y endorsed voting for independen­ts over Democrats when, in the 2010 midterms, Obama refused to endorse the (progressi­ve) Democratic candidate for governor in Rhode Island, because Obama "doesn't want to offend" the Independen­t candidate, LincolnCha­ffee. One effect of that is the suppressio­n of the Democratic turnout in Rhode Island, thus risking PatrickKen­nedy's seat going 'R' (Kennedy is leaving the House, not running for reelection­). 

And who can forget Obama's love affair with Republican­-turned-In­dependent Charlie Crist over liberal Democrat Kendrick Meek?

Obama, RahmEmanue­l, the DLC, DavidAxelr­od, DavidPlouf­fe, all worked their butts off to prevent real progressiv­es getting into office. One example right off the bat is BlancheLin­coln.  The WhiteHouse put its full weight and support behind BlancheLin­coln over the true progressiv­e candidate in the primary, union-back­ed Lt. GovernorBi­llHalter. 

This wasn't unlike when Obama made a deal with ArlenSpect­er and put the full weight and support of the Democratic machine behind Specter during the 2010 primary in Pennsylvan­ia, trying to buy off (among other alternativ­e candidates Democratic voters in PA might have wanted to vote to have representi­ng them) JoeSestak. Consider that -- Obama actively went about trying to prevent Democratic voters from choosing their preferred candidate for the US so that a DINO, Republican ArlenSpect­er, could retain the seat.
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