The Florida primary is today. That means that the traveling roadshow of Romney and Gingrich calling each other names is moving on to another state tomorrow. The media will focus on the same nonsense as before. for example, the top story today on one news site is a video in which Obama says that the economy created 22 million jobs in three months and then corrects himself to say that it created 3 million jobs in 22 months. I saw three different articles this morning discussing whether or not the Republicans were actually racists. There were also quite a few discussing if Mitt Romney is too rich to be president (which was never a question when the much richer John Kerry ran in 2004). there were also a plethora of reports about the "desires" of the Republican "establishment". But, what I could not find in all the election hoopla was any clear discussion of the important issues facing America. No mention of the critical choices that the people must make, none, nada, zilch!
Today, I am starting a new series of posts that will go issue by issue and attempt to set forth the choices for the election. I will try to identify positions with candidates or parties where I am able. In some cases, that cannot be done since some candidates have avoided taking clear positions at all costs. Think, for example, of president Obama's position on how to save Social Security from bankruptcy. You cannot do that since he has no clear position. Three years after taking office and in the midst of running for office, the president has no clear position on how to deal with this ticking time bomb.
I will try to have at least one issue post per week as we move forward. the issues to cover are pretty obvious, but if there are any that you believe are essential, feel free to leave a comment describing them and I will try to accomodate your views.
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