Despite what some Freepers believe, independents (not just in terms of party registration) do exist. Unlike Freepers or DUers, they don’t care much about ideology, or more precisely, about conservative or liberal ideology. Their ideology is what they perceive as “work for them” today. It may change over time,as needed. So, their voting decision depends on the issue of the day, and who they think can deliver better.
I understand that as well, but that still delineates them, IMHO, as very much out of touch.
I am not an ideologue, but do hold a very fundamental belief that freedom is precious, and is at the core of what defines America. This used to be a shared belief by all major parties in the US. This is not so now, and that is a radical shift. I do not believe, for a second, that this is just an election of subtle differences, irrespective of what some have said about how little difference there is between Romney and Obama. This goes way, way beyond Romney.
I believe, strongly, that we are headed down a pathway that has the potential to change the US and the world in a very negative way, and perhaps even to the end of the US as a nation that most of us, including many democrats, would be able to recognize. In the past, for the most part, independents could sit back and choose between two American candidates who just had different ideas about how best to achieve the same goal - a strong, prosperous, and morally sound America. Now we have Bolsheviks on the ballot, and a President who launched his political career in the living room of two avowed anti-capitalists who bombed government buildings.