Up until Palin's selection I was on the fence in this election. I don't like extremism. I fear that Obama, a liberal, teamed up with large Democratic majorities in both houses of Congress could lead to more liberal policies than I really want. I think that low capital gains taxes, especially on small businesses, is a good thing; that we might collect more corporation tax if we lower the nominal tax rate and reduce loopholes; that government solutions too often lead to impersonal and inefficient bureaucracies.
In that regard, I could see a conservative Republican in the White House (and McCain is mostly conservative, although he has his moderate moments) disciplined by a Democratic congress could be a workable solution. McCain's extremist tendencies would be checked by Congress, and he would, unlike Bush, probably compromise.
The Palin selection blew that theory out of the water.
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