Not really. I think numbers would show that more people vote democrat for a handout more than anything.
you do if you want to be able to pull out on your own terms of course, you don't increase the troop presence if you want it to look like Vietnam
this is a myth that has been perpetuated by your conservative propaganda but you have no legitimate proof of your claim
Statements like this are the reason analytical conservative leaning independents reject the Republican party.
Interesting: What Google Trends reveals about the presidential election. http://blogs.forbes.com/kenkrogue/
That is interesting but it reminds me of freakonomics a bit. Correlation and Causation here. What's the true cause of the trend? It could be that people tend to search for the lesser known candidate. Obama in 2008 and Romney in 2012. Who knows.