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TheRecoveringPolitician.com

Jonathan Miller, an Obama supporter, and Ted Buerger, a Romney supporter, are two of the co-founders of No Labels. Here, each of them suggest what they'd like to hear from their candidate of choice in the closing days of Election 2012.

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Grantmaking foundation

Voting needs to become more accessible and more convenient. Why don't election officials work to expand opportunities for citizens to vote? Here are three recommendations to improve our democracy and increase civic engagement.

Norman Lear

Founder, People for the American Way

What will get me to my polling place this year, more than anything else, is this: I believe Barack Obama will nominate Supreme Court Justices who will vote to overturn Citizens United, which wiped out reasonable limits on campaign funding. And Mitt Romney would appoint Supreme Court Justices who would uphold it.

Will Durst

Political comic, former radio talk show host, syndicated columnist, author, motivational speaker

Looking for the dead solid skinny on the upcoming presidential election? You've come to the right place. As a public service, we're going to tell you right here and now who wins this thing and why.

David Rothschild

Economist

In the latest YouGov/Xbox poll, the pivotal state of Ohio showed slightly more Romney supporters than Obama supporters. But, when asked who they expect to win Ohio, the same respondents predicted Obama would win their state.

Jerry Lanson

Journalism professor, Emerson College

Never was the choice in this election clearer than in the approach and aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. So can this race really be so close? Consider this week's contrast.

Scott Warren

Co-founder and Executive Director, Generation Citizen

I, like many Americans, will probably not be incredibly motivated or hopeful on November 7, the day after the election. But it's more important than ever that we all re-engage in the political process, as disgusted as we are with the current election.

Miles Mogulescu

Entertainment attorney, writer and political activist

ROMNEY ON FUNDING FEMA: "Every time you have an occasion to take something from the federal government and send it back to the states, that's the righ...

Bob Burnett

Berkeley writer, retired Silicon Valley executive

The latest Gallup poll indicates the economy and unemployment remains the number one concern of most Americans. While both Obama and Romney have promised to create millions of jobs if he is elected president, there are stark differences between their proposals.

Scott Paul

President, Alliance for American Manufacturing

The implication made by the Romney ad plays on the fears of millions of American manufacturing workers who face the very real threat of having their jobs outsourced. These workers don't deserve pandering, nor do they deserve falsehoods.

Nico Lang

Blogger; correspondent, WBEZ

We've all been on those dates where you find out that you're sleeping with the enemy. However, this is election season, and things are different if their "little quirk" is a Romney-Ryan bumper sticker. You need to stop paying attention to dat ass and pay attention to dat electoral map.

Scott Lilly

Senior fellow, Center for American Progress

When Colin Powell or other military leaders look at the Romney campaign and find that more than a third of the national security advisors come from a single conservative think tank, maybe they fear a disastrous replay of the past decade.

Rabbi Arthur Waskow

Founder and director, Shalom Center

Suppose we were applying biblical theology to the Frankenstorm of this past week: We might say that God listened to the two major candidates for president of the most powerful nation in the world refusing to say the words "climate change" or "global warming" in speeches and debates.

Robert S. McElvaine

Historian

Woody Allen's Leonard Zelig became famous as a "human chameleon." If there is a better way to describe Mitt Romney, it is hard to imagine what it would be.

Jared Bernstein

Fmr. Obama administration economist; CNBC and MSNBC contributor

What's particularly ridiculous about Romney's swiftboating is that he is criticizing Chrysler's global expansion. Since when do conservatives object to that? Is there anyone who believes for a nanosecond that expansion abroad by U.S. multinational's would be viewed critically by a Romney administration?

Paul Szep

Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist