Quote Originally Posted by Norton
Both parties guilty as charged. Sad times for America when political campaigns devolve to slamming opponents with outright lies to convince voters not to vote for them rather than running campaigns on the merits of their candidate.
Please cite Obama's lies about Romney. Are you suggesting there is a balance between the two on this score? The quote above sounds a lot like the American Television/Radio press straining to be balanced.

Quote Originally Posted by Norton
No matter who wins they will be unable to govern. After "losing" the losers will be simply continue their attacks. Result, a dysfunctional partisan government. Just what America has and certainly does not need any longer.
Probably for a couple of years, especially if Obama wins again. Then the 2014 Congressional elections come along. Hopefully America be forced to get practical again, will have had it's fling with the Tea Party wing nuts and the kind of support rhetoric that fuels them and turn them out. Then we can have a functional government again.

But then, having watched Romney repeatedly step on his dick for the past month, I'm in an optimistic mood.