On the CBS Evening News, Bob Schieffer just made the point that no matter what the polls say, everything ultimately depends on voter turnout, and that Republicans have been better with turning out their supporters in recent elections.  This really worries me.  I am not registered with a party but I am, philosophically, a liberal.  I believe put those policies are best for America and so I nearly always vote Democratic.  But I must confess that in this election my interests are also personal.

I worry Republican advances in Congress will jeopardize aspects of the new health care law.  Provisions of the law are still coming into effect, so many people don’t realize how beneficial it is. Rollbacks will have minimal impact on me as a resident of Massachusetts, but I spent last year in another state and I can assure you, this system is better. I’m still cleaning up some of the financial mess from an inadequate insurance plan last year.

I also worry about my student loans should Republicans make substantial gains on Tuesday. Part of what drove my debt so high was rate increases under Republican administrations, so I always worry. Having my loans consolidated and come directly from the federal government was a major reprieve.  I worry that the Republican approach to higher education will put all but a second rate education out of the hands of everyone who isn’t already a member of society’s elite. I worry about the ability of my nephew and nieces to get the first class education they can earn if it were equally accessible to all on the basis of merit as it ought to be.  The President’s plan for helping everyone access higher education appeals to me, as far as it goes.

I’m very concerned about rollbacks on abortion rights, reproductive rights, marriage equality, and other social issues. We have freedom of religion in this country, but what we don’t have is the right to legislate the behavior of others based on our religious beliefs!  The President’s administration will do more to protect civil rights.

Finally I worry about my county’s leadership role in the world. Republicans dwell so much on how we project strength militarily, and I am favor of a strong military, but are losing our edge in education, technology, and the economy. Republicans, at least those in the leadership, increasingly understand finance but not economics.  Economics is a social science, they don’t seem to care much about society.

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Fortunately, I am pleased to have good choices on the ballot.  I am a strong supporter of President Obama’s agenda, and I think he’s been inspiring as a President, in in spite of an  obstructionist Congress.  Elizabeth Warren was an inspiring, tell-it-like-it-is consumer advocate and I was overjoyed when she announced her candidacy.  Joe Kennedy is an unknown quantity, with the exception of his pedigree, but I agree with his positions. I’ll be out to vote early tomorrow.  Hope you will too!

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