The situation that faces the next president is a scary thing:
Republican John McCain or Democrat Barack Obama will walk into the Oval Office Jan. 20 facing the grimmest economic landscape in decades: perhaps 8 percent of the nation's workforce unemployed, millions more families whose wealth in homes and stocks has evaporated, a global recession, a crippled banking system, ailing state and local governments, leery foreign creditors and a budget deficit that could easily cross the landmark $1 trillion mark.
I just hope that in the next—-and final--debate both McCain and Obama will provide more details on what their plans are. I don't want anymore "I know how to do it" from McCain. And Obama, yes, we can, I believe in that, but now help me understand how. I want to hear plans, not stump speeches. If it means you can't deliver on every idea or promise you made 20 months ago when your campaign started, fine. Tell me why and let's go from there. All I want is a little bit of depth and a realistic outlook on the situation at hand. I don't think that is asking too much from any presidential candidate.
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I completely agree, but I also think it's safe to say that neither McCain nor Obama really knows exactly what the "situation" is going to be like on Day 1, or how inheriting that "situation" may or may not affect their plans, since we're still a ways away from January 20.
Obviously, if the bailout is any indication, you can have one plan, do one thing, follow-through on one idea, and it doesn't necessarily go as planned. So I understand why weren't not getting as many concrete details as we'd like.
That said, I think you're right that we need more specifics, as many as are reasonable possible at this stage in the game. And I really hope we hear more substance and less bullshit during the final debate.
Seconded.
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