Originally Posted by BobG

I don't assume that actually. I don't know how that works or what tricks, which party has up their sleeves and how they go about pitching a candidate, aside from what I see and hear on tv. If I was really interested I would move to Washington or carefully monitor cspan on a daily basis or something. Guess I'm not though, so I just use stuff I hear on TV that I perceive to be substance (because I hear it on tv so it must be true) to sound like I'm knowledgeable and actually know what I'm talking about to my friends and on message boards. At the end of the day, since I truly don't know shit about politics nor what goes on in Washington, I vote for the guy who I personally like the most but I tell everyone that I voted for him based on shit I heard on tv.