The Next Step in Political Argument

The Republicans are desperate and will slander, lie or anything to gain ground, especially in the close races. One original idea is something the Pat Roberts campaign is doing in Kansas. They're trying to make the old man look like a powerful figure in Washington, willing to stop the president single-handedly with a filibuster by claiming the president wants to immediately do something Roberts opposes. But, the White House response was "What?" They knew nothing of this supposed plan. Apparently the Roberts campaign just made it up to have an argument because they were losing. That's creative.

In West Virginia the Repbublican, Shelley Capito, is simply claiming motherhood and apple pie. I think she has no answer to the charges leveled by her opponent, the Democrat Natalie Tennant.

In many of these races the negativism has been both depressing and frustrating -- the real debate gets lost sometimes.

I think it's time, the election is near, to begin a positive policies only trend, so the public will know precisely (and have it in their minds) what the Democrats want to do in office. Give them a reminder in clear terms what they can vote FOR.

Of course, I prefer the set of policies which enable people to live out their version of The American Dream. I prefer the "family-friendly" set of policies. I prefer the Democratic policies which have already been enunciated in the last several years. It's a long list, so each candidate/campaign has to fashion a statement which fits their own views and recent utterings.