I pretty much agree with your last post. But below, you mention "The great party machine" which has already "decided" the 2012 election without input from the voters. You may not like the word "conspiracy" but what you say here certainly fits the definition of one. I am not trying to "win" but I'd be happy never to see another mention of this conspiracy from you.

>>The great party machine has probably already decided that Obama will win the next election, so the charade of finding a Republican challenger to face off against him is just a question of picking a sacrificial lamb to go through the motions at the polls and keep the Great Game going in its usual farcical (and very costly) fashion. It MUST be done, otherwise the American public might stop believing they have a choice! They might stop believing they live in a real democracy! And that could lead to widespread anger...perhaps even revolution.<<