i can't really follow your last comment. how is it funny? what does electing ron paul have to with toppling a 2 party system. eventually if enough 3rd party canidates get attention over a long period of time then yes i see it changing, but thats not going to happen with any amount of buzz, or even a 'grass roots' effort. it takes a complete mind change of the country. the media however is the biggest obstacle for this and i can't see them letting up as they have to much to profit from it the way things are. a solid canidate who is electable is what i'm referring to. the matter of issues is a completely different subject. those matter to me as well which is why i'm with obama because more than anyone else i agree with his views an plans. i've never been registered democrat, and i was registered republican for a decade so you can think what you want. personally i dislike republicans more that democrats, but i don't ally with either. the green comment was a joke, but colour still has something of an emotion validity to whatever it represents. if there was a purple party it would be associated with the rich, and pink if was a gay party. i like green and the party because the environment is of high importance to me. this is one topic where republicans consistentaly scoff at so they get no love for me there. and obviously what i write is my own opinion but you not aknowledging that people expect certain standards and ron paul's demeanour is "physically" weak though he is a sharp, kind guy just as much as someone like cheney is "scary". a timid or scary person will never be elected. even names sometimes are simple enough to sway people. this is all psychology and its effect isn't disputable, only its magnitude. a neutral name is less likely to matter but in the case of gore and bush for example, a name like gore resonates much worsely in someones mind and president gore just has an unpleasant sound to it. whether or not anyone actually didn't vote for gore isn't the point. his name did help build a bad aura for him which when associated with his 'robot'ness made him all the more unappealing dispite his qualifications. obama might face some similar problems especially with all the efforts/slips calling him osama and the false statements that he trained at a muslim school. plenty of people know how to, and are working the psychological system, so its really up to you if you want to be aware of it or not.
)but benefit them or their constituents in some way. To the best of my knowledge, a line item veto would allow the president to pick and choose which riders were allowed to pass with the bill. 
