Barrack Obama, Mitt Romney, is this the best of the best our country has to offer???

All politicains are corrupt, sadly.

Ron Paul is the best, and he should get the nomination, but since America has been so intent on electing the mediocre more and more over the past century, we may not be that lucky to get him as one of our choices.

These two just won a popularity contest, that's all.

Ron Paul would be the best, but the media and those that fear his ways and what he says drive away as the majority is needed, eh?

neither is the best

It's what we're stuck with. We need a viable third party in America! We need to somehow break the Democratic/Republican monopoly on U.S. politics.

Far from it.

Here is the best.

Mitt Romney sucks, plain and simple. And Obama could do better but he is better than Romney.

No it's the best that the New World Order is forcing upon us.

said the same thing 4 years ago.

thats the problem, it's not talent or ideas its who has the biggest pile of money and best marketing team.

Both suck..We need some real candidates and a real President!

With all the scrutiny why would anyone want to be President?

Well, Obama is, but Romney isn't.

It's the best of the puppets the Illuminati could find.

Sad state of affairs, isn't it? Nothing better will run, only career politicians.

That is why I am voting for Jill Stein, the Green Party's Presidential Candidate!

I refuse to believe it. I can think of FAR better Republicans.

Absolutely not.....only the best "money" can buy!

Gary Johnson Libertarian for president. Johnson thinks you can run your life better than USGovt can.

The very process of politics creates and attracts psychopaths. We need to look at alternative methods of 'government', like individual SELF-government in some form.

No, not the best for us, but apparently the best for the corporations and 1% that own us. If they hired a smart guy, one who really cared about the people or the country then they'd be sunk. So, these are the very best for them. They're wetting their pants over Romney. They can't believe their luck in finding that piece of work.

But they are what we have to chose from and I for one will not be voting for Romney.

The very best... for the mega corporations and international banking interests. For you and me, the absolute worst. But it's not worth debating because we have no power to decide who our "leaders" are anyway.

The Republican Party isn't about to put up their star candidate against an incumbent President. You typically see the strongest candidates gain financial support from their parties during open elections, or every 8 years. While I think Obama has been a good President (not great, but good), I also think he went through a field of very tough candidates in 2008, and you will see another round of tough dems in 2016, and a lot tougher Republicans in 2016 too. Bachmann? Cain? Perry? Gingrich? Come on. This was a clown show. When you start seeing candidates like Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, Marco Rubio then we'll know the real show has started.

"Jeb Bush"

LOL! HOLY CRAP that's funny!!!

Almost even SCARY....but I bet you my two front teeth that is who wins in 2016 and that it has already been decided!!

Don't be TOO surprised if he walks away from Tampa with the nomination. I've heard that THAT is the plan and the reason Ron Paul was allowed to have a say.

I certainly wouldn't be surprised. At the very least, the 2 nominees have already been selected.

Yeah! Another Bush! Let's see. Prescott Bush was declared a war criminal, George HW Bush was the head of the CIA when all the cocaine was brought into the US, and W was the sidekick of Cheney, who orchestrated the theft of 100 Billion in gold under the WTC (which Jeb ran security for).

Yeah! Another Bush! That's ALL we need!

It doesn't matter though, whether the PARTY Republican or PARTY Democrat is "elected" as both are GUARANTEED to continue the destruction of this once great Republic.

Jeb Bush is very popular in his party. Up until this past March, there were at least 3 separate marketing firms doing push polls in Florida and several other swing states that had included Jeb Bush in their popularity rankings. But Jeb knows what every other establishment Republican knows. If you want to put your best foot forward as a POTUS candidate, don't do it against an incumbent. Wait another 4 years.

Sadly, I haven't seen anything better. Look at the 3-ring circus that competed for the Republican nomination this year. The only one who made any sense was Buddy Roemer, and naturally making sense disqualified him in the party's eyes. They wouldn't even let him into the debates.

nope ...

its very sad really

Americans--but conservatives in particular--had other choices. They weren't mature/moral enough to accept them.

So in a sense both answers are correct. We had better choices, but the two sock puppets mentioned above are the best we could do.

They're the very best that corporate lobbyists and special interest groups can buy.

There are a couple of other worthwhile candidates out there... that the media refuses to cover.

Gary Johnson and Ron Paul.

...apparently so...