I see the two main party candidates as progressive conservative and regressive conservative. At the moment in American politics, there is no escaping conservative ideology -- and a fiscal tightwad liberal in my mold doesn't exist on the political scene. It's not Nancy Pelosi or Harry Reid, and it sure as heck isn't President Obama. But I'll vote for him, because the damage the Republicans can inflict on this country's economy and civil liberties -- as if the last administration's roaring destruction wasn't enough -- is unthinkable.