to say who you are voting for without worrying about repercussions and of course I respect your right to vote for whomever you choose. I am just surprised, since I have been a loyal reader of yours for over a year, I was truly surprised to read your last paragraph of your post. Heidi, I am still a bit undecided about who I am going to vote for. Though I think it is safe to say that I am swinging more to the right this time. I actually think that Romney is more of a moderate at heart and so I like that. I have a hard time identifying with a party because I really dislike and like things about both parties. I think if I could describe my political identity it would be something like this : Conservative on social issues like abortion, education, gay marriage, gun laws, etc... and Liberal on international issues like war, foreign relations, etc... Last election foreign relations was a huge issue and after listening to John McCain's republican nomination speech where he stressed continuing the war in Iraq and Afghanistan I didn't think I could go for that. I am really an anti-Lehi-Nephi at heart and to me fixing international relations and the war was my biggest concerns. I think that Obama has actually done a really wonderful job on that front-- really as much as he could do-- so much that foreign affairs is hardly a topic at all for this election.