Of course voting in 2008 would not be voting against the Obama administration, since it was not in power. But the fact remains that in the US the 2-party system is the only game in town.   Voting for any other party is throwing your vote away--and helping one or the other of the 2 main parties.

As should be blazingly obvious to anybody with a smattering of political savvy.

Which sometimes seems to exclude an amazing number of Mudcatters.