So, what did you think of the presidential debate, then?

I actually was quite impressed by the debate last night. It had substance, they talked about the issues, and it was as serious as the foreign policy challenges facing the next president are. If you watched the whole debate, and came away agreeing with the positions and arguments of Bush or Kerry, you can make a decision right here, right now, whom to vote for. In fact, that is what you should do, because the chief responsibility of the president is foreign policy, war, and peace. Let Congress handle the domestic policy issues primarily. The president is diplomat-in-chief and commands the world's most powerful military, as well as the world's most powerful weapons. For the still-undecided: If you agree with Kerry's foreign policy, but can't make yourself vote for him for some other reason - you think he's a tax-raising wacko, out-of-control liberal - vote for Michael Badnarik. Please don't vote for Bush. We'll all live to regret it if you do. If you think Bush isn't neo-conservative enough in foreign policy, you could try moving to Austria and joining a neo-nazi party. Otherwise I don't have any suggestions for you. I think even Kerry is too hawkish, and still not being terribly straight with us about what his foreign policy would be, but Nader can't win. Even if Nader was polling higher than Kerry, he couldn't win. (If you give the red states to Bush, which you must, and give Nader a victory everywhere else he's on the ballot, Nader's not on the ballot in enough states to win an electoral majority!) Badnarik, on the other hand, is on the ballot in every state except Oaklahoma and New Hampshire. He could win an electoral majority, if Kerry dropped out. (Yes, I know that's not going to happen). At last glance, Minnesota was polling dead even, 45-45-5. Welcome to the purple state, in more ways than one.