Make the Election About the Issues, Not Character Attacks!

Target: Presidential Campaigns
Sponsored by: Care2

How many houses does John McCain have? Is Barack Obama a celebrity? Is the media coverage of Sarah Palin sexist? Is Joe Biden showing too much emotion when he tears up over how his sons became Steelers fans?

More importantly, why are these the questions dominating the news cycle? The 2008 presidential election should be about the issues, and the over-coverage of the non-political aspects of this presidential race is disheartening.

Instead of focusing on negative attacks on each other, both candidates' campaigns should make a concerted effort to have their views on the issues be what people are talking about. Voters will then be able to decide which candidate's views match their own most closely on the issues that matter to them. Tell the candidates: Stick to the issues!

Recapture the Flag

Sponsored by: Common Cause

It's been a tough few years for "we the people."

The Bush Administration has seized, consolidated and wielded executive power in ways unparalleled in modern American history. And on January 21, 2009, the next president of the United States and the next Congress will confront a host of critical issues created by our leaders under the guise of protecting America from terrorists.

The abuses of power include disregard for fundamental principles of American democracy -- separation of powers and our system of checks-and-balances; politicization of the justice system; grotesque acts of torture; disregard for international laws and institutions; and violations of fundamental civil rights and liberties at home and abroad.

President Bush will leave the White House in a few months, but these problems will remain. Now, and for the foreseeable future, we as a nation must fight to reclaim and preserve our fundamental values of liberty and justice, and ensure that the unprecedented power grabs of recent years don't set a dangerous precedent for the future. We must stop the erosion of our Constitution. We must recapture the flag.

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