Quote Originally Posted by Zeph View Post
If he goes independent, he'll just pull votes away from the democratic candidate that needs them to beat the GOP. It looks like that'll happen because the GOP sponsored media seems to be completely ignoring him.
So do the more liberal outlets.

I never thought about the possibility of him pulling needed votes from the DNC. If there was going to be a split I assumed it would be in the GOP. Isn't that why he won't run Independently?

I don't expect him to win with the GOP or as an Independent. I think he could pull a lot of votes, not enough to win, but maybe enough to realize that a third party is a doable thing. He's the right guy for a third party to latch on to right now. He has a huge following and a strong but different stance. Even though he won't be president this coming term I think success could be measured by 2016.

I had hopes for the Tea Party but that went in the shitter long before Fox realized there was a Tea Party, and then they did and it got even worse.

Quote Originally Posted by Bodzilla View Post
are you seriously telling me that if you deregulate these people that it'll be better for us?
Yes, because no one is proposing deregulation without also throwing out their backup profit system known as the taxpayer. This makes them not only liable for their own losses, but also to the shareholders and customers. they simply won't be able to take risks like trading in mortgage-backed securities.

If it weren't for current regulations these banks wouldn't be so heavily tied to our economy and fall off when they lose everything without massive system failure. The regulatory system we have now exists to enable profiteering by the federal government/corporation at our expense. It's precisely because of this bad relationship that our economy is under such stress.