It is Time for REAL Change in America...

by: Les Carpenter
Rational Nation USA
Liberty -vs- Tyranny

As our nation continues in economic decline with a 16 trillion dollar debt, high unemployment (the actual UI rate, with neither the rEpublican or dEmocrat party having any real solutions, well other than warmed over and regurgitated practices of the past, isn't time America considers a real change in direction. Maybe by supporting a candidate with a track record of proven fiscal responsibility and success? A candidate that as governor actually vetoed 750 bills in the process of putting his state back in the black and creating budget surpluses.

America needs strong fiscal leadership provided by a leader with a backbone. One who will tell the truth and is not shy about taking necessary action to stop the hemorrhaging of the nation's arteries. Neither Barrack Hussein Obama or Willard Mitt Romney are men with both the integrity and backbone it will take to right the nation's ship.

So why not give a seasoned successful business and successful governor with a record of achievement a serious look. It is almost certain if you do you'll like what you see.

(CNN) -- Gary Johnson says there are three keys to his campaign being successful: he needs you to know who he is, he needs to be on the ballot in as many states as possible and he needs other libertarians to support him.

And for the next two months, Johnson, the Libertarian party candidate for president and acknowledged underdog, will be zig-zagging across the country to make those admittedly unique goals a reality.

That is the thrust of his argument: Once you get to know me, I swear you'll like me.

Johnson has fashioned himself the "clear alternative" to Republican candidate Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama in November's presidential election.

The most recent CNN/ORC International poll shows that 3% of likely voters and 4% of registered voters say they'd vote for Johnson. But the fact he is even included in a poll is enough to get Johnson excited.

"It is one thing if it gets reported that I am at 4% nationally," said Johnson, the former governor of New Mexico, "but I don't think I go down when people take a look at who I am and what I have done, I think it actually goes up."

And in some ways, he has proof to back that up.

Johnson first ran for governor of New Mexico -- a state with a majority of Democratic voters -- in 1994 as a Republican. He won in the Republican primary, defeating three other Republicans, and then defeated an incumbent Democratic governor by 10 points. After four years in office, Johnson ran again and won in 1998.

Johnson's popularity remained consistently high through his time as governor, leading one paper to remark that he was "arguably the most popular governor of the decade." {Read More}

Given our current State of the Nation, with the major parties running two VERY weak candidates what do we have to lose by thinking outside the box and voting for change? We may VERY well begin the road back to fiscal sanity and balanced budgets with actual job creation to boot.