I only wish I got to vote in this election... So please do take everything I say with the fact that I am a LEGAL resident, who is not a citizen and hence does not have voting rights in the next US election.
The Democrats in this country are way too much maligned. Yeah, they're leftist, but even if they win, the system is set up in such a way that they CAN NOT affect change to the degree that the "they're commies" crowd seems to paint their party with.
As for commies, the Democrats were AGAINST the patriot act. I'm sorry, but Republicans that preach of their freedom their party stands for and applaudes the Republican party for it's results are in a very bad need of a reality check.
While I am for the retaining of freedom to bear arms, I am also for personal liberty. The Democrats can not and will not ever get enough power to effectively make any national changes to gun control laws, the Republicans have successfully managed to instill more anti-freedom laws in the last 8 years than any WESTERN political party since Germany in the late 1930s. That is not a slam, that is a fact.
I am a non-partisan voter when I have the power to vote (as in my home country)... There are times when I would definately lean more to voting more to the Republican way of thinking than the Democratic way. But the US has moved a little too far to the right in recent years, and it is high time it gets a little leftist influence to balance it out again.
If you want to complain about the economy. There is ONLY ONE solution to that problem. Military spending. The country's economay CAN NOT SUPPORT two active wars (Iraq and Afganistan, with other possible wars looming on the horizon). That is not an anti-war statement, it is just a fact of numbers.