Policy Not Talk

The reason we have elections in this country, is because we believe that the People should decide their representatives, who then pass laws and make policy to guide our country. We don't do this for light and transient reasons; but judging from the past weeks we might question that in the way

the Republicans are running their presidential primary.

During this process, we have witnessed lots of rhetoric, ranging from contraceptives to President Kennedy's decades old speech on church and state.

We have listened to bashing, attackes, mocking, half-truths. About the only thing the candidates can agree on if the goal of "getting rid of Obama". Or "Obama has to go".

I do not recall this approach from opposing parties in efforts to remove a white President, sounds almost like "get the N...", but I digress into the "race card".

What we do not see are any policy ideas, or ideas for law changes to address the big three: that determined the last Presidential election: 1. Energy. 2. Education. 3. Economy-Health Care.

Obama won because he had a plan for all three. John McCain addressed these three as well, but his limited government, more de-centralized approach did not prevail. The American People were presented a choice and made it based on policy suggestions. We had a decent choice.

This time we don't!

And the President, despite furious Republican oppositon and endless blocks in the Congress, made progress in implementing policies and law in all three areas: 1. Energy, passing laws encouraging solar energy, reforming car manufacturing through the auto bailout with dramatically increased miles per gallon rules; etc. 2. Education: Race to the top and a change in No Child Left Behind. Increase in support for college students; etc. 3. Finance reforms and aid that brought us back from the brink of Depression, and passage of the Affordable Care Act; etc.

Now, all of these are controversial of course, all are debatable. And none are being talked about much in the Republican primary.

Americans deserve a choice. We need to look at the choices that we have, because they will determine our collective futures.

Right now, no real policy options from the Republicans: they are too busy on social conservative issues, whether contraception should be legal, abortion, moon exploration?

This one is easy, elect the guy who will deal with our problems and not pander to them.

Oh yeah, another goal was to get Bin Laden.....enough said!