[mellow velo]

Splittin' hairs here, but while a 3rd party or non-vote may not technically be a vote for Obama, what it boils down to is it's one less vote Obama needs to win.

Still might not be enough of a reason to get me to vote for Romney, though.

My hope is than these "non-voters" don't just sit out the entire election, but at least vote down-ticket to strengthen the Republican majority in the House & hopefully take over the Senate, as well.

In that case, whether we are stuck with Obama (or even Mitt, for that matter), the amount of damage inflicted upon the Country by the Executive Branch could be minimized. Of course, that assumes the Republican majority comes with a spine!

[arderkrag]

I don’t consider it splitting hairs at all. That particular myth - that voting third party or abstaining is “voting for the other guy” is one of the most insidious ones around, right up there with “You have to cater to the middle!”