The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[sleepyjeff]

Originally Posted by Morrigoon

Very disappointed with Giuliani's failure to show. I'm not sure his campaign can really afford to focus on the large states at the expense of the small. Especially with the very first primary. He runs the risk of not being taken seriously by the media.

Actually, after seeing what happened to Hillary(who was advised by some of her former handlers to skip Iowa altogether), Rudy might be congratulating himself right about now.

Originally Posted by scaeagles

Honestly, the only thing there that should be laid at the feet of Bush is Iraq. Disagreement on that point is valid, but on the other points, they are outside his scope of control, and they should be. The problem is that whenever there is a problem everyone expects the government to impose policies and pass laws to solve the problem, and more problems are created by the solution more often than not. It is not the job of the government to fix everything. It is the job of government to stay out of the way.

So in short, when it comes to Presidential elections one should not listen to promises regarding domestic issues since Presidents really don't have the ability to deliver....Universal Health Care, immigration reform, even tax cuts are really the domain of congress. We've had 19 years of Republican Presidents(to 12 of Dems) since Roe v Wade and no change there either. Where Presidents have immense power is foreign policy and therefore that is where we should be looking to when choosing a President.

Strip away all the flowery talk and Promises of domestic Nirvana from all of these candidates and one is left with only a couple of gentlemen who are really qualified to be President.....neither of which finished above 4th place last night.