I actually did watch the Democratic Convention, but found more to be upset by than to swerve me any closer to the Obama team.  The fact they ignored certain issues, like the $16 trillion dollar deficit went against the grain. They managed to gloss over issues like the housing problems and unemployment.   I WANT to like the man.  I WANT to be excited that he is turning the country around, but all I see is change for the worse.  I know he hung around some unsavory characters in Chicago and know he has no experience in the private sector.  He barely has experience politically except as President, which I find highly ironic.  Certain issues I have to agree with the Democratic stance; such as legalized abortion.  I could never have one myself but do believe it should be each woman's choice though at the same time I believe life begins with the first heatbeat.  Gay marriage is just two people who love each other and I see no harm in allowing them to marry legally.  They get married in their own eyes anyway.  I don't think the fabric of the American morality will come unglued by love and marriage of any kind.  There are other far more intense issues to consider.
     You can see that Romney's religious beliefs don't fit mine in many ways though I think taking God out of our government isn't the right thing to do.  We are not a godless nation.  I do think there was a reason for separation of state and church. It is what it is. 
     So it's easy to see, as a liberal-conservative, I'm conflicted and will have a hard time deciding between candidates.  I wish there were a third choice along Moderate lines, but these guys come with their own agendas and the choice has to be made for one or the other.  I picture me going into the voting booth and trying to give half my vote to each one.  Hopefully I'll have time in the 56 or so days left to prod the party lines enough to find things that tip me one way or the other.  One thing stands out as an undisputable fact: Obama is one hell of an orator.  Like Hitler, he has the talent to whip up a crowd and win votes on charisma alone.  Romney can lose votes with his lack of charisma.  Need I say that charisma and speech delivery skills shouldn't figure into the equation, but this is America and this is politics so they just do.