I can't vote in the US but if I could, I would just vote for who I think is going to screw you guys (and a sizeable portion of the rest of us) over the least. Unfortunately, I'd be standing at the electronic voting terminal for hours.

I think it's still a little too early to say who I'll vote for, as I feel I don't have all the facts just yet. However, I am intrigued by some of the Democratic choices, though I think some of them advocate too much of a nanny-state for my tastes. Edwards still has some leftover goodwill with me from the days I worked on his campaign in 2004, and I like Bill Richardson, though I haven't heard much about him beside what I read off his website. And then - and I'm sure I'll be thought less of for admitting this - I do kinda like Hillary, too.

I'm with you on this. If I had to vote today, I'd vote Obama. He seems like he might actually stop and think -- maybe even listen -- before acting.

Can the people for Obama tell me why you are for him? To me, he just seems like another career politician.

I think I'll be sitting this one out.

Here you go Mex. Then there are the details.

Democrat: Obama with the Vice being Edwards or Hillary(used to really hate her but now she seems to be intelligent and mean).

Republican: Ron Paul with Vice Mitt Romney

Odds are the Democrats will provide my dream choice while the republicans won't. Therefore I will vote Democrat.

Why Obama? He has the most important quality a president needs: He's a great public speaker.

Ron Paul will never win because the internet isn't the real world. On the internet everyone loves him, but in the real world he's barely on the radar.

That would be because:

If big business/gov doesn't like you, they make sure you don't get mass media coverage.

Ron Paul vs. Bill O'Rielly

As much as I dislike Bill O'Rielly, Ron got his ass trounced and it's his own fault. He forgoes obvious, valid arguments to take swings at Saudi Arabia (valid, but not the topic at hand) and point out hypocracies in Bill's stance (not a valid argument). It seems like he went on with a desire to talk about one thing and so decided every question was about that subject. That is not something I like in a politician.

I don't understand how people could dislike John Edwards, or really have any strong feelings about him one way or another. The guy's the definition of vanilla.

Yeah, that's a safe conclusion.

Amazing. Bill's asshattery manages to cross cultural boundaries. He might be the first internationally known douchebag to emerge from a network riddled with douchebags.

Wow. Yeah that's exactly it. Hmm, kinda makes me like Hillary even more then. I mean Cheney is a very evil man, who is very good at what he does. Hillary is less evil and could accidently do some good.

Ron Paul's platform is the closest to mine (Liberal on the left, Conservative on the right, I'm on the part of the map where it says "here there be dragons"), I just am not wild about him as a candidate. He just doesn't seem to do well thinking on his feet, and he's missed a few chances to really throw in some telling blows, like the debate where he was put down for suggesting that we brought 9/11 on ourselves (which most people outside of the U.S. tend to agree with, since they bear the brunt of our policies). If Obama had Paul's politics and integrity (he might have the integrity, haven't seen anything to the contrary), he'd be a shoo-in for me.

As it is, I'm waiting to see who the Libertarians put forward as their candidate.

I read an election opinion piece awhile back that said the only measure people should use when electing presidents is personality. Track records and experience are one thing but looking at a senator's voting record isn't going to give you a good indication of how they'll handle a national crisis. Vote for the candidate you trust and that you believe will make sound decisions. Anything else is nit-picking.

While that theory might be too simplistic, there's some wisdom in there. And with that in mind, I'm backing Obama (not that it'll matter in Wisconsin). He's the one Democratic candidate that I feel will make smart, informed decisions in office and also, just maybe, breathe some life and passion back into the presidential office. Get people actually caring about the government again.