I really wish for once a credible third party candidate would run and shake up the washington establishment. The problem I have with Republicans/Democrats now is that they are so afraid to touch huge entitlements like Social Security/Medicare, cause that is a huge reason why our budget is in a huge deficit. What happens when a Dem or Rep gets elected, most in their party tow the party line, and nobody thinks indepedently, so you just have the usual partisan bickering, and nothing get done. There are simple measures that could fix Social Security like changing the retirement age to 70-72 for all baby boomers who will start receiving it in 2010, as I know many friends parents/aunts/uncles who are in the workforce in their 70's and DONT want to retire. But neither party is afraid to touch it because they may lose seats in congress.

And for taxes, we don't need them raised, they are high enough in this country! We pay Federal, Gas, State, Local, Property, Fica, Sales, and it all adds up to a heavy burden on every citizen, and if we got more of our money back, we could save or spend to help the economy instead having the govenment finance many of the needless programs.

Right now, I am leaning towards Guiliani, but he doesn 't have a shot unless he gets some social conservative support in the primaries.