Taxation, eh? I believe in a combination of the national sales tax and Keynesian scaled income tax. Basically, the idea is for us to only charge the upper-middle class and higher with income tax, and allow the lower-middle class and below to simply be charged the sales tax. If it is worked out sufficiently, it will be much fairer to all. The rich have more money to use, so they should be taxed more, simply because it will not affect them as adversely as it might affect, say, a single mother working two jobs trying to support her children.
Thus far, though, no one on either side has taken this position, and I doubt any ever will, because it is the most sensible thing to do and politicans are anything but sensible. As for your question Zeality, at the moment I am supporting Obama, but only so long as he continues to be the best among a somewhat sub-par field--in my opinion, of course. I will probably not ever vote for Hillary because of her pro-censorship positions and overall populism...she does far too much to take any position if it will gain her votes. I like her as a person, but she's not my choice for President by any means.
So, what will I do if Obama does not end up the Democratic candidate? I'll probably research and then vote for a third-party candidate instead, or an Independent if one is running. I see no one among the Republicans I'd be willing to vote for anytime soon, certainly.
Paleontole: Fred Thompson? Oh, please, no. The last thing we need is another actor as President, especially one that was also a lawyer.