Right now, he has strong foreign policy street cred. No one is going to dispute that. In terms of domestic issues, he seems to be the best candidate that can attract liberal Republicans, centrists, and even conservative Democrats over. He seems to be right now against the Tea Party crowd, which is a very good thing in my book.
Of course, if he changes his views, then my ideas will change.
Didn't he at least support partnerships, which ... well, it's not much, but more than most any other legislator in this state's going to do? Or did he change his mind on that? (it's also possible I'm just misremembering.)
TBH, I wouldn't want any politician from Utah as president. This state's jacked enough, let's not share the wealth.
Partnerships are a step forward but at this point, IDGAF, someone supporting full marriage is the only thing I'll accept from someone I'll vote for at this point, not something that's not the same under a different name to make straight people happy.
But, like you said, for Utah it's a step up. Which... well, just doesn't say a whole lot for Utah, imho. :\
Looking him up, I don't want this guy in the White House.
Hopefully, he'll come off as too much to the left (even though he's pretty right). I don't want to see another GOP in the oval office in a while. Hopefully a third party can emerge from this mess.
TBH I thought that the Tea Party was going to be the third party. However I am aware that some Republicans who support the Tea Party are opportunists who are doing so to gain votes.
Already he's in primary-season mode, moderating his previously moderate views by praising the Tea Party as "a very legitimate manifestation of people's anger and frustration in where we are today" and junking his support for the regional cap-and-trade carbon-emissions pact he and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger once championed.
So disappointed RN.
One imagines Obama and his former ambassador, who were born just a year apart, one-upping each other with humorous asides in the heat of political battle and, if things got really crazy, perhaps letting fly with a searing look.
Yeah the cap and trade thing is very disappointing, although not surprising, almost all moderates seem to have dropped it. :< at least he isn't outright slamming it like Gingrich and Pawlenty and other hypcorites are though.
I think his Tea Party response goes to show how close he is to Obama, because I think he's said basically the exact same thing about them xD
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Of course, if he changes his views, then my ideas will change.
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TBH, I wouldn't want any politician from Utah as president. This state's jacked enough, let's not share the wealth.
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But, like you said, for Utah it's a step up. Which... well, just doesn't say a whole lot for Utah, imho. :\
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... I love the state itself, but the politics here, just ... omg. Yeah.
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Hopefully, he'll come off as too much to the left (even though he's pretty right). I don't want to see another GOP in the oval office in a while. Hopefully a third party can emerge from this mess.
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So disappointed RN.
One imagines Obama and his former ambassador, who were born just a year apart, one-upping each other with humorous asides in the heat of political battle and, if things got really crazy, perhaps letting fly with a searing look.
BRB writing fanfic.
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I think his Tea Party response goes to show how close he is to Obama, because I think he's said basically the exact same thing about them xD
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