This is a not so friendly message for those thinking of voting Green this year.
I run across this kind of mentality all the time in Alaska. Our strongest progressives figure their vote doesn't matter here and/or Obama just isn't perfect enough for their perfect tastes, so they vote Green.
Well that's one of the reasons that Alaska stays bright red. Folks here aren't supporting the guy in the trenches doing the job. You know, the guy who repealed (successfully DADT), the guy who got Bin Laden, the guy who actually passed health care reform, the guy who hired Elizabeth Warren to set up Consumer Protection Bureau, the guy who made the recess of appointment of Cordray (Warren's recommendation) to head up the Bureau, the guy with the clear vision, with the steady hand, the guy you can count on to say what he means and mean what he says and does what he can.
So I don't care if you are in a swing state, a red state or a blue state. There is one person who has earned your vote, the guy doing the job. Get out there and give it to him.
Save the perfectionist platitudes for another time and place.
Romney will be bragging his weenie head off if he gets the popular vote. And such a scenario will weaken Obama's bully pulpit in the future. Give him a landslide. Give him your vote and help get out the vote for him too.