Mike wrote on October 04, 2008 10:41 AM: The US needs to stop spending more than it earns. The bailout was passed and over $100 million in pork was added to it. Long after we are gone, history will look back upon the carefree spending of the US government and wonder how we could've been so shortsighted...

doofy wrote on October 03, 2008 03:16 PM: the titus sponsored TV add featuring Jon Porter techno-dancing have to be among my favorites of this campaign season. I giggle inside everytime i picture his arms shaking and the neon lights flashing as repetitive drum music plays in the background!! Im voting for him just for that reason!

Johnathan L. Abbinet wrote on October 03, 2008 01:48 PM: The "black hole" of our economy is not "an unpopular" war - it is an immoral, unethical, illegal, unnecessary, un-American and Unjust War in Iraq that is sucking the strength out of economy - that is the #1 problem - and it's HUGE!

Don't get me wrong, I'm all for hunting down, capturing or killing every terrorist on the face of the earth - beginning in Afghanistan where the 9/11 terrorists are holed up - but, Iraq has been a mammouth error from day one!

Add to that the abuses of power by banks and mortgage compaines preying on the poor - and we end up in this other mammouth mess!

It's time for the American people to stop the denial and realize that the Republican polices of "trickle down" economics only worked for the top 1% to the top 3% - while the other 97% of us got suckered into a "ponzi" scheme by the wealthy Republicans protecting only their wealthy donors!

Porter says he "supports the troops" - yet he has voted AGAINST the needs of our Troops and Military Families time and time again!

Porter says he "cares about our Disabled Veterans" - yet he has voted AGAINST fully funding the V.A. time and time again!

Check the facts on Porter's pathetic voting record folks - and vote based on the facts folks!

The truth is that Porter has been little more than a political puppet and Bush bag-boy! Porter's record proves he only really cares about his wealthy donors and has not represented even the majority of moderate Republicans let alone the majority of is constituents - that is worse than being a partisan political punk!

I'm voting for Dina Titus - she has pledged full support of our Disabled Veterans and Military Families, and I know she will keep her word!

Ron wrote on October 03, 2008 01:18 PM: Hey Mitt, you're slimey enough, no need to grease your hair. If you want to be a good public servant, hire our governor to be the governess of your mansion instead of illegals. Take Porter as well, he's a brown-noser that likes to kiss-up to greased monkey.

Michael Green wrote on October 03, 2008 01:09 PM: So Fannie and Freddie caused all of these big businesses to collapse? Please. There's plenty of blame to go around, and all sides deserve at least some of it. But let's not try to spin this. Next thing you know, you'll be claiming Sarah Palin actually knows something about foreign policy.

shelly wrote on October 03, 2008 12:42 PM: If what I heard is correct, the current economic turmoil is not the Republicans' fault.

Fannie Mae was under pressure to facilitate home ownership to minorities, due to political correctness, of course. These are all of the high risk loans, and of course had to be offered as such.

This was all done under the Clinton administration. Thereafter, regulation against Freddie and Fannie was fought by Democrats.

If all of this is true, this is an example of the veiled socialism offered by the Democrats.

Though there may be an unpopular war at the moment which puts the Republicans in a bad spot, the Democrats are not the solution.

netmomo wrote on October 03, 2008 11:15 AM: Love ROMNEY.... still NOT voting for Porter~

Michael Green wrote on October 03, 2008 08:08 AM: Setting aside whatever I think of Romney and Republicans, it saddens me that supposedly intelligent people say we should talk only with our "friends" among nations. Winston Churchill used to say that "jaw, jaw, jaw" was better than "war, war, war." Yes, Churchill went to war--against the tyrant who needed to be fought. To say we're going to refuse to speak with other leaders is just ridiculous.

Dan May wrote on October 03, 2008 07:29 AM: The Republican Party is crashing and burning because of the likes of Porter and Romney. For years, the cornerstone of Republican campaigns has been as Romney repeated in the article, vote for us he says or else the Big-Govt Democrats will take the nation to the "left" so vote for the Small-Govt Republicans. Then he goes on to say Porter did the right thing voting for the Wall Street bailout package of a whopping $700B!

Due to Big-Govt Republicans like Romney and Porter, our govt has grown far more under their control than when Democrats have been in power. They've been able to mask their expansions by promising and enacting tax cuts, then paying for those expansions by borrowing huge amounts of money and having the Fed print money in the same way the early Americans destroyed their first currency, the "Continental Dollar". The Founding Fathers, seeking to ensure America never experienced another currency failure, insisted in the Constitution we do not use fiat money and instead must use gold and silver as money.

Today we find ourselves on the brink of another currency failure. We have borrowed and printed our way into a financial crisis. Porter and Romney believe the answer is to print another $700B. This will only cause the further decline of our currency. This will only make matters worse. The answer to our crisis is to cut spending, not increase spending by $700B.

We must support candidates who wish to return to the sound wisdom of our Founders and not allow our govt to print money for their political whims and destroy our currency and our economy.