More Shockers....????

As much fun as the presidential debates are, as I commented in my last blog, I got through about 30 minutes of Wednesday night’s debate and had to shut it off and finish it later. 

The first answer by Herman Cain in the debate in Michigan, should have told me that this debate would, once again, reinforce the opinions I have about the republican candidates. 

In his answer to the first questions, Herman Cain continued to reinforce the fact that we need to strengthen the American economy. How exactly does he plan on doing so? That, I am not entirely sure. 30 seconds of his first answer continues to repeat that we need to strengthen the American economy and the second half of his answer stressed the fact that a “dollar needs to be a dollar”. I understand he is talking about strengthening the value of the dollar and getting back its value but he doesn’t go any further in his answer.

The question Herman Cain was asked to answer was, how would he prevent Italy’s struggling economy from effecting the American economy. To me Herman Cain did not answer this question at all. He stressed what needs to be done with the American economy, but gave no way of actually fixing anything. Obviously, Maria Bartiromo felt as if Herman Cain did not answer the question either, based on her response. She tried to bring what Herman Cain said back to the original question, although tough to do. 

Herman Cain seems to do this a lot. He says what needs to be done but doesn’t explain it well, or even at all. 

However, Herman Cain was not the only one to falter at this debate. 

About 13 minutes into the debate, John Harwood, asked Mitt Romney about his changing positions on topics, including the bail out of the auto industries, through the years. Now, Mitt Romney responded, saying he is consistant and steady, using his long “marriage of twent…. Excuse me I’m going to get in trouble, 45 years”. Honestly, I don’t care that he and his wife has been together for 45 years. That is great and all, but I want him to use examples of the policy positions that have stayed the same throughout the years. 

His explanation about his view on the auto bailout contradicted the statement that he is steady and consistent because his view, once again, changed from what he had said before. 

 

On top of all that, there is Ron Paul, whose extremist positions make him not a viable candidate either. I agree that the debt from students coming out of college is extreme and ridiculous. However, due to the increasing demand for college degree’s in the workplace it does not seem like an option to get rid of all federal student aid and the federal department of education. I agree, maybe it needs to be fixed, but getting rid of it all together would cause more problems than it would help. If people can’t afford to go to school, then more people would be unemployed because they are not educated.

Let's just say the candidates need to go over their ideas a bit more, until they remember them or actually make sense in terms of everyone in our country.