Brian: I’d be interested in a Gingrich – Obama debate, because it would offer a good look at two opposing views and those views would be articulated by two intelligent and articulate individuals. I don’t see that happening, though, and I believe that Gingrich is pretty much unelectable.
On the GOP side, you’re right: It is fairly uninspiring, with the exception of Gingrich (unelectable), Paul (fairly unelectable) and Huntsman (call back in 2016). Perry is a fascist idiot, Bachmann is a kook, Romney wouldn’t know true conservatism if it bit him on the ass and Santorum strikes me as the male version of Michelle Bachmann.
I think Obama is doing a better job of “telling the story”, but that’s simply rhetoric standing in the place of substance. At some point, there needs to be a serious and substantive discussion on tax reform, entitlement reform, foreign policy and strategic policy (which will drive reform of the DoD) and immigration policy. Up to this point, we’ve settled for kicking the can down the road and Obama has missed some golden opportunities, especially regarding tax reform and reform of the financial sector.
