Re:republicans are trying to loose (Score 1)

Yes, it's the perfect system, the GOP can continue to call the Democratic party "tax and spend liberals" and say "look! they raised taxes! blarg!" every time a democrat is in office.

1) Republican in power - start hot or cold war, spend like crazy, lower taxes, run up national debt, cut domestic spending like education and non-war-science

2) Continue until economy is run into ground and people are tired of war

3) Democrat in power - try to fix mess left from prior administration, reduce national debt, re-enable domestic spending like education and non-war-science, raise taxes to pay for it all as the national debt is always at a new high.

4) GOP starts campaign again saying "look, they raised taxes, cut "defense" spending, increased spending

5) Repeat cycle

It's the perfect scam! They do what they want, regardless of cost and consequence, and then blame the other party for the inevitable actions that have to be taken to correct the costs! Brilliant!

I'm an independent, and I disagree with our (bi)partisan system, but historically the average income has been higher over the last 60 years with a Democratic president. Read this article before voting "I have to vote Republican because of the economy." Very informative article by Alan S. Blinder, former vice chair to the Federal Reserve.

Personally, I am voting for Obama not only because I think his tax and health care plans are better, but because he has the support of the science community. If Nobel prize winners support him, if Warren Buffet supports him, then he must be good for science, and good for education and technology and good for the economy. At least better than McCain, anyway.