All one hears about with political elections is Democrat-this or Republican-that. Why does one never hear about Independent-this or Green Party-that? The other parties (otherwise known as third parties) never get major media attention, which is really unfortunate because they never get elected without it. I believe that the other parties' candidates could make a difference, too. What's to say that someone who doesn't come from a wealthy family or hasn't made their millions in big-business can't make a positive difference for their country?

             Maybe this is just me, but I thought the whole idea of this American government was so that the every-man could run for government positions. The last time I checked, it cost millions to billions of dollars to run a campaign in America. Maybe it doesn't apply to more local elections, but even then it still costs enough money to put middle-class and lower-class Americans into debt for good. Why can't people just run as individuals with their own set of beliefs? Why can't we, as Americans, just judge them on their own?

             On the politics note, too, what is up with everyone criticizing President Obama? Don't people realize that the reason "nothing is being done about the economy and our other problems" is mostly Congress' fault, too? They're the major law-making entity. They revise the bills and THEN send them to the President, who can then sign them into law, or veto them. The President can suggest as many bills as he sees fit and can emphasize all he wants that certain bills need to be passed, but it's Congress that ultimately decides. So, when it seems that nothing is being done about anything, blame Congress, not the President.

I also believe that there are some majorly crazy people out there when it comes to politics. These people are ones who would, as my mom would say, “vote for their party even if the party symbol was running.” I don’t really understand their logic for doing so. I think it’s great to be really supportive of something, but sometimes the people running in a particular party don’t seem to have the best interests of everyone in the country at heart. If this were true about a particular party’s candidate, why would said “crazy people” continue to vote for them? Can’t they think somewhat rationally about their vote?