You’d have to be hiding under a pretty big rock not to be inundated with the 2008 US Presidential Election coverage in the media and online. And I’m sure it’ll only get worse as the year progresses.

For those of you who still are wondering which way to go for the upcoming Presidential election, or perhaps you can’t decide between two particular candidates, I found this great tool. Now I’m not advocating you let a piece of javascript decide your vote for you, but this tool is a great way to put the candidates into a context you can use to help decide.

Speaking for myself, Ron Paul is the man that I think has the best attitude and solutions for this country. With few exceptions, like pulling out of Iraq immediately for instance, I find my Libertarian tendencies line up perfectly with Senator Paul’s stance on the issues. However, Paul’s nomination by the GOP is extremely unlikely, so I find myself stuck in trying to make a pick from a selection of candidates I only kinda agree with. I suspect I am not alone in this dilemma.

Without the use of the tool I found myself leaning towards Senator McCain. Unfortunately, the only reason I could honestly give was that something about Romney, Huckabee & the entire Democratic side that I just don’t fully trust. Using the tool helped me see on an issue by issue basis, who I am most in alignment with. As it turns out my gut instincts turned out to be very accurate as far as this tool is concerned. It showed John McCain to be one of the candidates who I still share a good chunk of views with.

While I am still far from a permanent decision, I’ll be honest, this tool has helped me quite a bit in clearing the cob webs, so to speak.

Try it out. See where it takes you. You just might be surprised.

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