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Before we throw up our hands and say all is lost and both parties are equally fucked, let's remember who's been in charge for the past 8 years. Yes, there has been a Democratic Congress and Senate for the past two years but what a lot of people forget is that the Senate is deadlocked 50-50, which means they can't really get anything done.
I'm a little more cynical, I guess, about the prospects of a third party being all that better. People like Ralph Nader and Ron Paul sound great in theory, but that's mainly because they don't have to worry about actually getting elected. If these kinds of people were serious candidates, you would see them have to grapple with the same tough choices as everyone else.
- to say Obama is equally as fucked as the alternative is insanehallelujah