If I was a candidate for office....

What issues would I support, may surprise you.

The issues in no particular order.

Smaller government and accountability to the people.

Abortion. Personally I oppose it, but I don't understand how a government or a group of people can dictate to a person what they should do with their body. I don't believe that it should be used as a routine 'birth control' method. I guess you can say I am pro-choice.

Immigration. We need to have a better, more realistic path to citizenship. There also needs to be a guest worker plan that makes sense. People should be able to come into the country and work to provide a living for their family.

Border security. We address the above but we must control our borders. That means no one comes in or leaves in an uncontrolled manner. Fences, virtual or real must be made and border security must receive funding to make this happen.

Drugs. Tough one. If cornered I would say marijuana is ok except for people in certain professions (airlines, docs, anything where actions may put others at risk)

Religion and Government. The Pledge of Allegiance did not include the phrase 'Under God' until 1920. ( I need to reference this) There should be a separation, but not a ridiculous persecution. We need to be more inclusive in our documents. We are a melting pot society that must include all religions.

Gay marriage. If 2 people love each other and commit to themselves for the rest of their lives, then why not celebrate with them? I support it.

War on terror. We must fight this amongst many more fronts than just military. I believe in the end we will see that Iraq and Afghanistan were just causes. There were some mistakes made but history will vindicate the decision.