...why I voted the way I did. It was definitely the lesser of two evils as far as I was concerned. I voted for a bright, well-educated, extremely well-organized candidate who ran on a campaign of change from what we had experienced for the previous eight years. But he was inexperienced and didn't have a legislative track record that could lead to predictable performance in the job.The candidate I chose not to vote for was one who admitted his lack of knowledge of financial problems, which were huge and threatening our economy, even before the election. I was disappointed that candidate seemed to have "sold out" to the fringe elements of his party by both choosing an unqulaified VP candidate (even though he was a 72-year old cancer survivor) and sold out to his handlers, permitting some of the ugliest negative campaigning I can ever recall be conducted in his name.

I said at the time that my choice was the lesser of two evils and that if it didn't work out, I'd vote for someone else in 2012. It's not working out, although I'm finding it difficult to assess how much blame to assign the POTUS and how much to the Congress. In the end, the POTUS must bear the responsibility. The 2008 election was an easy choice at the time and I still believe that on balance the country and economy would be in worse shape had John McCain been elected.

You still seem to have great certainty as to why you didn't vote for Barack Obama. But unlike the way I feel, you're not altogether certain whether things would be different or better had John McCain been successful. My feelings were almost a polar opposite from your own. I felt strongly that the McCain-Palin ticket was weaker and would provide less leadership than the Obama-Biden ticket. Yet I wasn't at all certain how good Obama could or would be. I still think I made the right choice even though I won't vote the same way in 2012.

I won't be voting for any incumbents in 2010 or 2012. Do I think my singular vote will make a difference...unfortunately, no. I think that too many people will vote out of habit for a party or for an ideaology that might at one time represented their personal desires. The result will probably be that more than 90% of the Congress will be returned to do even more damage to the country for another 2 to 6 years.

I won't stop trying to convince others that none of the members of the House and Senate that are there now should be rewarded with election for another term. They have already seriously injured both our economy and our political processes.