Would you call substantially changing your position on an issue "lying"? If so, you probably should be equally critical of Mitt Romney. If you go back just a few years, Romney has taken diametrically opposed positions on issues--health care reform, gay rights, taxing the wealthy, the environment, etc. If "flip-flopping" is lying, we have two liars running against one another for the presidency. In fact, many of the candidates who have now dropped out can be similarly accused.

I'm a lot less concerned about what the candidates say--they'll all say whatever they think the voters want to hear, even if they flip and flop on issues. I'm a whole lot more interested in what the candidates do (or don't do) vis-a-viz their campaign promises. I don't agree with all that Obama has done as President, but given the continual opposition he's had in Congress, he's delivered quite a bit on what he promised. The problem is that too many people, myself included, didn't listen closely enough to what he was promising.

In retrospect, even had I listened intently, I still would have voted for him. I thought the alternative was that bad. The terrible choice presented was disappointing.

If Romney wins, I hope I'm not similarly disappointed four years from now. He'll get my vote, not because I think he has a wonderful platform that addresses important issues facing the country--I don't. Rather, I'll vote for him because I think he's probably lying (by your definition). I think it's very likely that if he is elected, he'll steer more to the middle, accomplishing what he can thru compromise and negotiation, but with a tilt towards fiscal and social conservatism.

If he does that, many will accuse Romney of lying in this campaign. So be it. But to move forward (geez, that's Obama's campaign theme, isn't it?), I think the president has to lead the country where progress can be made--towards the middle, towards compromise, towards statesmanship, towards progress instead of stalemate. If Romney does that I'll be happier than I am now....regardless of what he says and promises while campaigning.