re: #34 Casual Talker

I’m so new to LGF that my opinion matters least of all. I’m not an R but will attempt to answer your question, since I tend to vote that way more often than not (2/3 of the time?). I’m at heart a fisc-con, so I tend to assign that 80% of the priority when making voting decisions. Yes, I have opinions on foreign policy, social issues, etc. but tend to prioritize them low for whatever reasons.

Perhaps it’s because I’m the breadwinner so in my family organizational structure I’m a more single-issue hyper-focused voter, and other members can pick up the slack on issues where my eye is off the ball (we don’t always vote the same and I hold out hope that in the grand scheme of things that this works itself out into a more appropriate distribution). Given my stated priority, I would give the D’s ‘F-’ and the R’s an ‘F+’ on fiscal issues over the years…many years… - both failing grades.

Why I might vote R this year is primarily due to some kind of hope that the backlash has stimulated the GOP into taking more fiscally conservative positions. We’ll see. And in 2 years, if I’m not happy - well…

Just one opinion.

I personally think it’s somewhat wrong headed for anyone to be putting being fiscally conservative as their number one priority in the 2010 election.

Lets worry about getting a fully functioning economy up and running first then worry about how to trim the deficit rather than making them worse by penny pinching….