In Ohio, Third-Party Candidates Could Tilt Election
Monday, November 5, 2012
Obama's the more effective of the two evils. More effective on behalf of the corporate elites. And that makes him far more dangerous.
Obama has achieved what Bush-Cheney only dreamt about and couldn't get done: A long war with no Democratic voter opposition, massive giveaways to Big Dirty Energy with no Democratic voter opposition, continuation of Bush's tax cuts, etc.
Come the lame duck session after the election, Obama will embrace Simpson-Bowles (the groundwork has been laid, with Democratic leaders already saying they'll get behind it) to cut Medicare, Social Security, Medicaid, etc.
Obama's been more effective for realizing Republicans' dreams than a Republican (or an amateurish, politically, Mitt Romney-Paul Rand administration) could be with Democratic voters pressuring their elected representatives to resist GOP plans.
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