I agree with Chuck on four things:
1) President has little to do in most people’s daily lives.
2) Voting for a President based on “moral” grounds is asinine.
3) Class warfare is alive and well in the USA.
4) Education needs help.
I would have voted for the first candidate who said in ANY of the debates (primary or otherwise) to take more time and look at their local candidates and propositions than look at the Presidential election. People can do more good just by being involved locally instead of voting for the President and thinking their job in done.
I realized it as I was staring at my voting form. I spent over 6 hours watching debates and at least that much on the Daily Show. The least I could do was spend an equal amount of time looking at local candidates and issues.
BTW. No on Prop 8 (see item 2 above).
8 years ago, I almost changed parties to become Republican. No way am I being identified there. However, I did start doing some reading about the Green Party and the Libertarian Party.
One message I really like about both of them is the one of personal responsibility. Also, it’s important that people understand that America was founded on the tenents of freedom NOT democracy. With freedom comes responsibility; you are also free to fail (but apparently that does have much meaning now). Some degree of socialism is fine, if it indeed does provide equal opportunity for everyone. This is not the same as entitlement. Opportunity is just a start; over the long term, you still gotta earn it.