Sunday, April 26, 2009
Candidates Saying More About Less
This article gives a brief quote from Larry Bartels. He's quoted as saying,"Sometimes, voters only have a sketchy idea of where the candidate they support stands on many issues, especially secondary ones." The article, although a bit dated, talks about how Bush and Kerry in 2004 began to talk about "less important" issues during the campaign.
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This article reflects on the idea that presidents don't usually go about addressing their problems that they have not soley solved while in presidency. Yes, Obama is now in office and is now attributing to fix the economy and war issues at hand. The Republican Party is being blamed for these issues by many....but my guess is the party as a whole will never come out and admit to it. Is this party to be soley blamed for these issues? Or were these issues bound to happen even if Bush didn't make certain decisions he had? We may never know....
ReplyDeleteI think that some of this would have happened no matter what. Maybe some of Bush's decisions didn't help, but it didn't do as much damage as the media make it out to be. I'd love for candidates to discuss secondary issues. Make some of those babies primary. Let's see where people stand after they hear about some of the things they might not like that their candidate at the time will do if he or she becomes president. Is that why Kerry lost the election in 2004? It most certainly could have been a primary reason.
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