People need a target. When the economy was sluggish under Bill Clinton, people were ready to lynch him for having a tryst with a White House intern. Fortunately, cooler heads prevailed.

I wonder what the true economic makeup is of the chess players who post comments here? My experience with chess players, at local clubs, is that they are not so financially well off. Lower middle class to poor. This isn't really the Republican demographic.

I’m not sure folks even know what politics are.
(many conservatives are democrats because they think they are supposed to be) (many are something because of parents/family)

Many are lured by ideas without looking at the results. (sounds nice to “help the poor”, no one looks at the underclass in the ghetto)

Chess by it self seems to be very conservative.
(unless we start “Down Material Assistance” or a “Strong Player Tax“)

<i sense little sympathy for your incumbent president here-is that because he is extremely unpopular>

I don’t think its about being popular.
(Obama received many “gifts” from the American people)

I think its about the concept, if you tell me you can walk on water, there’s greater satisfaction in telling you, you have sunk.

To democrats its about “the leader” to me its about “the people“.

Who knew he puts his pants on one leg at a time?

There are still civil rights problems, and having an African American in the Oval Office means that the sitting president won't veto legislation that equalizes the playing fields for minorities.

Also, the President gets to nominate appointees to the Supreme Court, who in many cases have the final say on key laws. Obama appointees would be sensitive to civil rights issues.

Certainly this doesn't make for a utopia, but blacks had reason to celebrate. Unfortunately, Obama walked into an environment of bank failures and massive property forclosures.

Put the booze down, bud. Methinks you have had a little too much. <Obamanation> isn't fit to clean the shoes of such men as Walesa or Mandela.

I am definitely sympathetic to most of the ideas of the Tea Party.

Some on the left attempt to define the Tea Party by its few fringe members, but in my experience (I've attended rallies) Tea Partiers are indistinguishable from people you find at the grocery store, the mall, the diner. They're normal people fed up with government intrusion and overreach.

Most of their political focus is on the economy and on reducing the size and role of government, though certainly many factions which make up the Tea Party focus on other issues.

There has also been a tendency by the American left to equate the Republican party with the Tea Party, but there is definitely not a cozy relationship between the two. If you care to, visit the link for one such instance:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Yo...

The Tea Party supported Hoffman while the Republican establishment supported Scozzafava; after Scozzafava withdrew from the race, she endorsed the Democratic candidate.

Wow, HeMateMe, you make a compelling argument for the democrat party.

Vote for me, because I cant do anything about the last administration.