Due to all of this, I have no background or standpoint on anything. I have no idea if I lean to the left or to the right. And I will fully admit that the constant news reports, TV commercials and ads are overwhelming my mind. So, let's analyze some "easier" to follow blogs about the campaign to ease my boggled mind.
The first blog I came across was one written by a man named Harry Brown. Harry posts a new blog about the "political arena" almost every day. What I really liked about this blog is that he seems to be rather neutral. Sometimes his captions do seem to sway one way or another, but each day he posts the most current event of the election with a short summary that simply explains what is going on. Although Harry's blog is so easy to follow, he doesn't have many followers or comments. Most likely due to the fact that his blog is just a compilation of articles that you could find anywhere and not so much opinionated enough to the point where it could cause a big conversation.
Next I came across Big Sky Political Analysis's blog. This blog was created by professors of political science at Montana State University. These professors have been blogging about politics since 2008, however they haven't created much of a following crowd. What's interesting about this blog, though, is that they analyze the current national political events with an effort to be as opinionated and loyal to the political parties of Montana as possible---this means that they speak as right-minded republicans at all times. As this makes for a great blog for those who think equally, it's hard to keep an open mind because they are trying so hard to sway the reader's beliefs to how they believe things should be.
The last one I came across was a blog written by Jonathan Bernstein, a political scientist who enjoys blogging about American politics. He has been blogging since 2009 and posts a few blogs per day. Although he posts blogs about both presidential candidates, the way he expresses and analyzes each topic is most definitely swayed to democratic Obama favoritism. For example, yesterdays blog talked about Romney's economic program. He writes this blog in sort of a funny to read way. He starts with the facts and ends with "WRONG" and his opinion. It's quite entertaining and very straight forward. However, this is definitely not a blog you want to write if you're looking for a neutral opinion. He does have hundreds of followers who comment daily on his blogs, though, so you can still get the opposing side's opinion as well.
Regardless of the "overwhelming-ness" that politics causes me, I will soon have to learn and make up my mind. But for now, I will laugh at these ridiculous photos I came across during all of my searching. They both look so nice, I don't know how I will ever choose.
Mandy, you are not the only one who is not politically active. And that is the hidden reason why I decide to spend a week on the presidential campaign and who said what... and that is why I asked everybody to post an article a day on they facebook page and see how many people will respond at all. But it seems you are doing a good job and by the end of the week, you will have learned a lot... maybe not decided who you will vote for but you will know more about both candidates:)
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