Vote for America

The 2012 election may well be the most important in our nation's history. Voting for America means focusing on the key issues that are threatening our future. There are many citizens who do not vote, they need to realize how critical their voice is in this election, there are others who are "locked in" to the personality and charisma of the president and refuse to see the direction the country is heading; and there are others who have taken extreme positions on both sides of the issues. Our nation is more polarized than ever, but there are millions of people who are in the middle, and they are the ones that will determine the outcome in 2012. We must focus on three areas that threaten America's future, and view them not as partisan issues, but as key decisions for voters.
1. The danger to America's economy that must be addressed is spending and adding to the debt. The government seems incapable of making the hard decisions needed, the senate is dysfunctional and has failed in addressing fiscal needs. A balanced budget and a new tax code are what citizens should demand, jobs will follow.
2. Veterans understand what has happened in the past when we have disarmed and cut our defense budget only to see threats arise and the need for a military increase to be recognized. In today's threat environment, America does not have time to repeat that cycle, we must stay strong, the current cuts planned are dangerous and reckless.
3. The President has now decided his energy policy will be "all the above", and his campaign has outlined the policy, but without specifics. We have not increased drilling, we have not built new nuclear plants, we have stymied the pipeline that would bring Canadian oil, and we have wasted billions of dollars on failed "green energy" initiatives - the record of this administration is clear and has failed.
If the millions of voters who identify as themselves as independent, and love their country, will vote for America by electing candidates who will address the these issues in a bold way and make decisions that will change direction and restore our nation to what the founders envisioned.