There are times that I am really glad not to be a US citizen with voting right :)

By the way, in our little middle European country we did the same for at least last five elections - voting against and not for. What you get is somebody you can't relate to but at least you hope he / she is not making any real damage.

Yes, it al comes down to damage control. Which is a very hard thing to do if you are the leader of the free world inflicting the most damage whichever way you turn..