Reply #9: i agree with everything you wrote

[griffi94]

i would also add that while i realize everyone is eager for change, nobody gets to a position of any real power without having made compromises, and when those compromises come into play imo it severely reduces your chances of being an agent of real change. obama couldn't have become the overnight sensation he has without the support and approval of the msm and a fair amount of corperate interests. he is skillfully bringing the youth vote into play, but i question whether the youth vote can be relied upon to remain loyal when, after the primary, obama is forced to move to the center. as an adult voter and something of a cynical bastard i expect whoever we elect to disappoint us to one degree or another. i try to pick candidates that i think will be more effective than ineffective, and who can move the ball more or less down the middle of the field. i understand fully that there will be positions taken that i personally dislike and compromises made that i won't agree with, but that's the nature of politics.
with the obama message of being all things to all voters, there's no way he can deliver, so who get's thrown under the bus first. if it's the youth vote will they go back to being uninvolved in the process, if it's the independents and conservative democrats, will the democrats lose the gains in congress thay've recently made in red states like VA and CO. ok there's more i'd say, but i have to retrieve one of my kids from the bus stop.