Which is the single most important issue for you in this general election?

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There are a lot of big issues, which one is the biggest one for you?

[w8liftinglady]

1. toss up-war in Iraq and economy

[cherokeeprogressive]

4. I'm with you in part. I think the war and economy are inextricably linked though.

For me it's the WAR. The WAR. The WAR.

[InvisibleTouch]

2. Climate crisis. n/t

[bryant69]

3. Abandoning a Bush Unilateral Belligerance appraoch.

Reengage with the rest of the world, pull out of Iraq (probably by putting UN troops in).

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[Uncle Joe]

5. There are many vital issues but I have to put global warming climate change at the top

as it threatens humanity's very existence and if we don't address that in a meaningful way, nothing else matters.

[InvisibleTouch]

13. That's what I keep saying.

As important as all the other stuff seems, if we don't have a planet capable of sustaining life, every other issue is moot.

[Uncle Joe]

17. This seems totally logical to me, InvisibleTouch,

peace on earth, elections with integrity, democracy, universal health care, freedom of choice, racial equality, and free puppies for everyone mean nothing if everyone is dead.

[johnnie]

6. The war

The war

[LSparkle]

7. Economy definitely ... Iraq a close second

The two issues are related, too -- if we can bring our
troops home and quit spending so much money in Iraq,
maybe our own economic situation will improve.

[av8rdave]

8. Restoration of the Constitution/Bill of Rights

[DCKit]

38. Me 2.

Everything else will fall into place with that.

[frogcycle]

9. getting someone in the wh not controlled by the cabal

everything else follows

[DJ13]

10. The economy

Big subject that goes far beyond just the price of goods, but encompases the increasing gap between the wealthy and the general populace in wages.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

11. Criminal dealings from the WH

which takes into account Iraq, erosion of our civil liberties, and the sell out to the health insurance and drug industries. Kudos to Kucinich for submitting articles of impeachment. There are at least two True Americans in the House.

[HughBeaumont]

12. ENDING UNBRIDLED CORPORATISM first and ending the war second.

Unbridled corporate control over every aspect of our lives is KILLING us. Literally and figuratively. Republinomics is bullshit. Even a MODICUM of fairness would be 10 times better than what we have now. The world cannot afford 8 more years of neolib/neoclown economics. It simply CAN'T.

[EFerrari]

14. Stopping ongoing human rights violations.

And that's not limited in any way to crimes committed outside our borders.

[enough]

15. The Constitution

[The Stranger]

16. The War (Crimes).

[lame54]

18. Trouncing the Repugs

[On the Road]

19. Economics

Taxation, deficits, misdirected spending, etc.

[dmosh42]

20. Corrupt federal government, top to bottom n/t

[blm]

21. Open government accountable to the people. No more closed government that serves the secrecy

and privilege of the powerful elite.

[NashVegas]

22. Neutering Globalism / Corporatism

Lately I'm of the opinion that until those particular beasts are dispensed with, there's no getting anywhere.

[gravity]

23. The economy

The system is breaking down and the republicans are lost now that their tax cuts didn't work as planned. We need a Dem to fix this mess, again

[slackmaster]

24. Our ongoing refusal as a nation to fully adopt and embrace the Metric System

[DefenseLawyer]

25. Ending Republican Rule n/t

[lamp_shade]

26. Getting the hell out of Iraq

[rucky]

27. Energy Policy. n/t

[Vinca]

28. It's a toss up between healthcare and the economy.

Before I couldn't afford insurance, now I can't afford anything.

[zonmoy]

29. Ending the empire before it ends our country.

[Fire Walk With Me]

30. Dismantling BushCo before they invade Iran.

[Initech]

31. Ending the war and preventing the criminals from leaving the country.

[DailyGrind51]

32. The Iraq War, Energy, Health-care

[Bucky]

33. Fair play for Lee Mercer.

After that, I'd say getting back on track with the War on Terror. I'd like economy fixed, of course, but lots of the guys who masterminded the murder of 3000 people on our soil are still at large and the Bush administration still isn't making it much of a priority to hunt them down.

That is almost too stunning a truth to accept.

[vinylsolution]

34. The destruction of the planet.

A trivial issue for many, but then I don't have a second home I can escape to.

[bunkerbuster1]

35. Single-payer health insurance.

I could make a great argument for any number of other pressing issues (obviously, Iraq is way up there.)

But to my mind, getting a nationalized health insurance plan--and I do believe we will wind up with a single-payer plan within ten years, once Obama gets reform under way--would drive a stake through the heart of what's left of Ronnie Raygun's anti-government lunacy started in 1981.

An efficiently run healthcare system would make Americans believers in America again.

[Nye Bevan]

36. Ending the Iraq war

I find it a little surprising that only about 20% of the replies in this thread agree with me. Seems like the war has faded somewhat as an election issue around here.

The economy? Yes, it sucks, but unfortunately the president does not have a great deal of influence over it. Obama will not be able to single-handedly end the credit crunch or stabilize asset prices or the dollar. Ending the war, however, should reduce oil and gas prices which should help things.

The other *huge* issue for me is the Supreme Court. There could easily be 2 or 3 vacancies during the next presidential term and the choice of new Justices could impact our nation for the next 20 or 30 years.

[LanternWaste]

37. The Environment...

The Environment... because without that, everything else is, at best, merely academic.