Posted by
Tim Blessing on Sunday, March 02, 2008 7:06:28 PM
Tip O'Neil once said, "All Politics is Local". A statement that his dad gave to him back in the time of Teddy Roosevelt.
Governor Jim Rhodes of Ohio told George HW Bush the main issue to voters is jobs.
None of the current candidates has tapped into that source or issue.
Each one talk's about their resumes in relation to the job of being President, but there is no economic program from any of the 4 main candidates.
Barack Obama tap's into a source of anger toward's George W. Bush in relation to Iraq, but that's about it.
I hate Iraq as a war and as a campaign issue.
And, from what I have seen and read most of our economic problems can be traced back to Iraq. In essence, Iraq is bad for business and workers.
If I was John McCain I would be proposing a gigantic tax cut to get the economy moving. Its the main domestic issue that voters vote for Republicans.
The Democrats are caught between Hillary who is a strong candidate on issues, but is an uninspiring speaker.
Obama is very inspirational speaker, but is in an honest sense weak on the issues and his prior record, while it has some strengths is no panacea for the Presidency.
If you talk your resume you will not inspire the public to vote for you. If you say this is what I am going to do for you then your talking.
McCain will never win on increasing federal spending, but Hillary can win on economics although it might be too late to advance that argument.
Obama's record on jobs is unknown to me.