I don’t believe any of the candidates can do anything w/o the backing of Congress. It is just as important to vote the right people in Congress that can work with the president. They pass (or not pass) the necessary legislation and select the judges to the Supreme Court.

The Bush/Clinton dynasties and surrogates have made FORTUNES commoditizing our interests in/out-of-Office for 30 years. Robert Rubin “advised” Citigroup during his post-Clinton Admin. stint as our Treasury Secy., after Clinton DEREGULATION and repeal of the Glass Spiegel Act, in place since the last Depression — of the Financial sector made the merger of Citibank and Travelers possible. Chelsea works for a NYC hedge fund and Hillary was preparing for a NY Senate run during the repeal of the Glass-Spiegel Act. This is a prime example of what is DEAD WRONG and what may be on deck in another Clinton Administration. Now Congress is reconsidering the out-of-control nature of our Markets post the repeal and Americans are at financial RISK as boomers make their ascent into third age. The flip side of this nightmare (for the American people) is Halliburton’s former CEO becoming VP of the United States and arguably could ONLY make a killing/move their stock upward and relocate to Dubai — by this savvy BUSINESS move. No need to go into the results of how Halliburton has benefitted via the military industrial complex over the last 7 years. Turn the page, America. The media is not focusing on the aforementioned points and should be instead of Rev. Wright and guilt by association the Clintons could/would NEVER be able to withstand the same scrutiny. Just still undisclosed DONOR LIST to the Clinton Library would tell a tale of what the WSJ this weekend called “a rogues gallery” of interests — would be a place to start??? Turn the page, America. We need a new beginning not TAINTED by special interests comoditizing YOUR interests.

I’ve decided I’m not going to vote for anyone, because if you want to be the President of this mess, you have to be completely insane!

The most impressive and positive piece I have read to date is “The Next President’s First Task: A Manifesto” in Vanity Fair, May 2008. In his piece, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. provides a provocative design for economic growth through green energy development, global warming solutions and sustainability. Read this article and pass it on. Demand this type of paradigm for economic growth, the health of our world, and most importantly the lives of our children. As Mr. Kennedy says, “The benefits to America are beyond measure. We will cut annual trade and budget deficits by hundreds of billions, improve public health and farm production, diminish global warming, and create millions of good jobs.” We sit on geothermal reserves, bask in solar energy and are continually buffeted by wind, all sources of energy that when gathered on a smart power grid can make the gathering and sustaining of energy a boon to the entire society. Millions of new jobs. Talk about spreading the wealth! What a great new paradigm. Imagine a world without oil wars, debts, and deaths. Now, that is a world for my kids.

I’m a Democrat - specifically a Hillary supporter - but I have been really impressed with Mitt Romney’s genius with money and budgets. And it’s the economy which is one of the big problems likely get more problematic come November. One thing against supporting Mitt is that he’s in favor of keeping Guantanamo open. Other than his fiscal genius, I am not sure about his other policies. It’s unlikely that Hillary will be the next President (sigh) - all due to that ghastly Democratic Party election process which has by accident favored Barack who won’t even consider a re-run of Michigan and Florida because they would be Hillary states. So much for Change and Hope - instead we get non-democracy Barack style. Whoever is the next President I hope will get some sound fiscal advice from Mitt Romney, and will have developed some sound budget proposals of his (or her) own by Presidential election time.

Thank you, Pat Bell!

And why are two out of three people in those pictures above smirking?

Will any of the three candidates be able to get us out of this trillion dollar hole? NOT WITHOUT THE PARTICIPATION AND COOPERATION OF THE CONGRESS! And that is where, I fear, the goal of reelection rears its ugly head. None of the citizenry is going to like all the needed solutions and will undoubtedly protest to the rooftop of the Capitol dome….and by our own actions, Congress will once again be able to deliberately not fulfill their own constitutional responsibilities by taking cover behind our right to protest. The next President must be prepared to do his/her part in solving the crisis. But, he/she can not lead the Executive branch to success without sharing that success with the Congress who must, in turn, share the burden of resolution.

I think that any one of the three could get us out of this hole if they decided that was their goal - instead of how popular they would be in the polls. It is going to be hard to tell Congress and America that you can’t write checks if you don’t have money in the bank. GET RID OF GOVERNMENT WASTE. If we managed our money the way the government manages our money we would be in jail.

No, not really! No matter how good they are it would take at 2-4 terms to get us out of this mess! Only a willing Congress and a Pro Active President would do! and Buffett and Gates as advisors :)