Reply #205: It is as if they think the president is supposed to be their personal representitive. [View All]

There are millions and millions of people across this country in vastly different circumstances, all of whom have a right to have their interests and agendas represented. My interests and what direction I want to see the country go has to be balanced with the interests and direction that others want. There are 300 million other people all with voices as important as mine.

So the idea isn't to stridently reject any candidate that isn't a carbon copy of you, as being somehow against your interests. But rather to find the balance that leans your way. Because rejecting anybody who isn't meeting your exact list of issue demands, is non-productive.

Besides, we're not talking about someone who is pro-choice vs anti-choice or pro-gay vs anti-gay. We're talking about variations in how pro-choice and how pro-gay. Both hillary and obama support the same issues for the most part. Outside war and trade, they agree on most things.

It reminds me of the folks in school who were wound so tight and so narrowly focused, that they acted like an A- was an F, because it wasn't an A+. They had no real grasp of the bigger picture.

Does the op thinks mcsame is going to do more to move the issues on that list forward, than obama?