re: What do you guys think of Obama?

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Also I am not sure if the current system still allows for someone who would be really good president to even get far enough to be a candidate.

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I think so, but I'm holding out hope for Rand. His foreign policy probably bothers a lot of people but I'm sure that his stance would change a bit once in office based on need. The only problem is republicans rip themselves apart in primaries because the dumb extremist refuse to back out and people think they need to be appeased so it forces a good potential guy to play to that and then get shredded in the general election.

I also think the republicans have a terrible strategy in general in how they attack issues. they get drug into a name calling fight and they are always the ones to look bad in the media. Very few candidates come with a actual plan to change something or come out with a statement on why we don't need change. I would like to see one pull out history and show why more gov regulation is almost always a bad thing.

Then since one party is ruining themselves in the primaries the dems can just run some pathetic shell of a candidate they can play puppet with and we get people like obama in office.

It would serve the US well to get on a path back to true federalism but the large fed gov will never allow it.