2012 US Presidential Election - The All Important NSC Vote

[Beach Hut]

Not long till our cousins across the pond vote so Obama or Romney ?

Nailed on Obama in my view, especially if he says very little as Romney keeps slipping on banana skin after banana skin.

Anyway over to you now - get voting

 

[Don Quixote]

I think it will be very close, but I hope Obama comes out on top.

 

[Ernest]

Not long till our cousins across the pond vote so Obama or Romney ?

Nailed on Obama in my view, especially if he says very little as Romney keeps slipping on banana skin after banana skin.

Anyway over to you now - get voting

Since when HAVE you been a YANK you FOOL

 

[Hyperion]

Vote for Obama for me. Romney seems like a complete clown. A bush-esque blagger

 

[Seagull over Canaryland]

Romney seems like a diplomatic disaster waiting to happen. But given the frequency of his gaffs I wonder if he will be still in the running when the final elections take place. It could be fun watching.

 

[8ace]

Are we voiting for who we think will win or who we want to win

 

[martyn20]

More and more people from his own party have been turning against him today, saying his campaign is a joke. Hard to see how he could have made a bigger mess of things really.

Interesting piece by Peggy Noonan

Time for an Intervention - Peggy Noonans Blog - WSJ

 

[Beach Hut]

Are we voiting for who we think will win or who we want to win

It us up to you to decide that, hopefully you can achieve this as opposed to Sudoku.......

 

[drew]

Not long till our cousins across the pond vote so Obama or Romney ?

Nailed on Obama in my view, especially if he says very little as Romney keeps slipping on banana skin after banana skin.

Anyway over to you now - get voting

Not only is he slipping on a banana skin, he is the one who ate the banana in the first place. Unbelievable how someone so niave with regard to getting caught on film can become potentially the most powerful man in the world (apart from the guy who runs China that is!!!!).

 

[8ace]

It us up to you to decide that, hopefully you can achieve this as opposed to Sudoku.......

I filled in at least six numbers, most of which we right - should have been a doddle for you to finish it off.

 

[beorhthelm]

i really dont see that it makes much difference. the major impact to us is their foreign policy and they are bound to do whatever is in the US's interests regardless. this means continuation of half hearted but tangible support for Israel therefore upsetting some other nations, while being very friendly towards key oil/mineral producing nations, or trying to destablise those that they've upset. been the same for what 40 years?

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

I think it will be very close, but I hope Obama comes out on top.

It'll only be very close if the Republican dork gets a near-clean-sweep of the 53% of voters he hasn't managed to alienate in the space of as long as it takes to upload a Youtube vid. Epic FAIL

 

[Albion Dan]

Absolutely irrelevant who wins this election unfortunately. Whichever President will be completely in the pocket of the big US corporate financial machine and the religious (Jewish and Christian) lobby, and be making decisions on what is best for them rather than the actual US/Global public.

 

[Don Quixote]

It'll only be very close if the Republican dork gets a near-clean-sweep of the 53% of voters he hasn't managed to alienate in the space of as long as it takes to upload a Youtube vid. Epic FAIL

Do you think Obama will win in a landslide?

 

[martyn20]

i really dont see that it makes much difference. the major impact to us is their foreign policy and they are bound to do whatever is in the US's interests regardless. this means continuation of half hearted but tangible support for Israel therefore upsetting some other nations, while being very friendly towards key oil/mineral producing nations, or trying to destablise those that they've upset. been the same for what 40 years?

Romney will continue Afghanistan and go to war with Iran, we are and will be involved in both. Obama will stop Afghanistan and try very hard to avoid Iran (there will be a point that no one will be able to avoid action if Iran keeps pushing forward on the same path)
It says everything that the Israeli PM has pretty much been campaigning for Romney and GOP, Obama has stood up to them more than any recent US President.

 

[Beach Hut]

I actually think Obama is very good however I did think Hilary would have made a better President but she has been very good on foreign policy.

 

[martyn20]

I actually think Obama is very good however I did think Hilary would have made a better President but she has been very good on foreign policy.

Totally agree, although she is better friend of Israel than Obama, she is following his line currently. She will stand down after the election and be back in 2 years to start campaigning for President again.

 

[DumLum]

i really dont see that it makes much difference. the major impact to us is their foreign policy and they are bound to do whatever is in the US's interests regardless. this means continuation of half hearted but tangible support for Israel therefore upsetting some other nations, while being very friendly towards key oil/mineral producing nations, or trying to destablise those that they've upset. been the same for what 40 years?

That is a view from the left. From the middle of the road I think there is a huge difference in foreign policy. I think the world will be a more stable place under Obama than Romney.

 

[Don Quixote]

I think the republicans would have had more chance under Santorum.

 

[Acker79]

The problem on the republican side, is that to get the party nomination you need to appeal to right, to get the election you need to appeal to the centre (or hope the democratic nominee is really bad/dull) or just cheat (get democratic voters banned from voting with bias voter id laws, limit voting times, or conveniently on banned lists due to similarities to criminals etc.)