Have you been following the news, tuning in to conversations of Democrat/liberal friends/family, or reading comments on MSM news sites after positive Obama stories?
FRiend, there's a very high probability that a whole HELLUVA lot of Democrats who voted for Obama last time around, are going to abandon him at the ballot box this time. If there's ANY year to risk the consequences of a 3rd party vote, this is the year. If narcissist Obama managed to get re-elected, it would probaly be on such a miserably embarassing plurality that he'd get scarely more than one in three in the popular vote. He'd be humiliated, he'd be a mockery, Republicans in Congress would read the tea leaves of Romney being kicked to the curb and turn hard right, and there'd be a much better chance that Obama would be dominated and snubbed and held back.
And two years later, chances would be even BETTER that Republican seats would increase in a big way in Congress.
The price of voting to prevent a popular mandate (the reason I'll be voting third party) is that I forfeit the chance to influence whether the Democrat or the Republican gets the White House. The price of voting "against" Obama ala ABO is that it is a vote for government tyranny at the head of the Republican party.
I know which price is too high. See my tagline.
I agree that the real fight this year is in the Congressional races. However, I'm not going to roll the dice and give Obama the opportunity to rule via executive fiat at will - which he has demonstrated that he is more than willing to do. If we allow Obama the opportunity to rule when he has nothing left to lose, there will be no nation left at the time of the next mid-terms to save.
I agree to disagree with your perspective. I can't afford to take a chance on another Obama term. My life and that of the 38 employees that rely upon me is at stake.