1. We're all in the car together. When one goes, we all go.
2. How close to "the cliff" are we?
3. Define "cliff".
4. The 20mph difference may well give us the time to "correct the steering".
5. One could make the solid arguement that mid-way through January of 2009, we all actually went over the cliff. We're still falling; we just haven't hit yet.
Regardless, I will - unless I die first - vote AGAINST the stain in Nov of 2012.
It's that simple.
How close to the cliff? Nobody knows.
“Cliff” definition - in the most optimistic of scenarios, national bankruptcy or a replay of Weimar Germany.
“Correct the steering”? When you’re headed straight for the cliff, slight course alterations and a 20 mph slowdown are of no use.
I will most certainly vote against The Stain myself.
I will also most certainly not vote for anyone acceptable to the same electorate that kept The Gigolo and The Swimmer into the Senate for decades.
I will also most certainly not vote for anyone who deems Iranian nuclear weapons to be their right.