The election was in Nov 08, and it is now Feb 09. So, now what do we do? RESEARCH!! I become very intrested in what was going on politicaly this past year and what I learned was so basic it easily overlooked. The research was simple. Instead of looking at elections as a popularity contest, I challange everyone to just go to each of the major parties "PLATFORM" and see what each party stands for. Just type into your search engine (example) "republican party platform". And, yes, there are more than just 2 parties to choose from. Democrat, Republican, Constitutional, Libritiarian, Green, etc.