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[quote=Anonymous]ignore 00:17. ignorant, post-midnight posting.

Moderate Republicans are now independents, as the ultra-right wing takeover of the Republican party has squeezed out anyone who is NOT socially conservative, yet is fiscally conservative, and believes in smaller government.

The Tea Party is a fringe group that for some incomprehensible reason has been given an inordinate amount of power to speak for the Republican party.

Rick Santorum has risen because the Republicans have a terrible leading candidate that no one likes -- Mitt Romney. Santorum represents a protest vote by socially conservative Republicans, but Romney will be the candidate.

Ultimately, unless something dreadful happens with the European economy or gas prices spike, it's likely Obama is going to win. Romney is hated by the right-wing of the Republican party because he's seen as too moderate, and he's hated by just about everyone else because he has a stiff, unlikeable personality and is completely out of touch with the trials and tribulations of the average American.

As my mother told me, "Don't believe everything you read in the newspaper."  Apply that to all media. There are no clear liberal and conservative newspapers/media as there are in the U.K. and perhaps other European countries. Here, it's all a mish-mosh because TV news is entertainment, mostly. View every news outlet with skepticism, and try to get news from a variety of sources. [/quote]

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