Wednesday, January 09, 2008

Primaries are a good time to see the differences between parties

I am happy HRC won. The time for showing how you are different from the other party is during the primaries, and if she had lost I’m not sure all the candidates would still be bringing their best game. This is also a good time to educate the public about why policy matters.

Show us why the Democrats are going to do a good job getting the country back on the right course, and why the Republicans have neither sail nor rudder nor crew to do the job. Our ship of state is listing, and it is scary as hell to sit powerlessly below deck. Restoration of US prosperity will depend not only on good ideas, but back-breaking effort and determination, and the Democrats need to demonstrate that they are the ones who have the work ethic to set this ship aright.

That being said, I do have to get busy and pick my candidate for Super Tuesday, and not on their soundbites. They have their policy on their websites, so I'll have plenty of opportunity to see which wonks I like best.

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