If Only We Had Sunk Into Depression A Little Bit Sooner…

By Kleinheider Posted on October 9, 2008 at 3:08 pm

Katherine Miller argues that the real issues this nation faces cropped up to late for us to pick the proper presidential candidate:

Both McCain and Obama — despite his altogether coolness — appear borne out of this crazy post-9/11 decade as reactive to the times and temperament of America, rather than pushing forwards a long-range vision. As a product of how early this election cycle began (and the blindsiding of the economic crisis), the primary seasons were basically removed from the two issues that became central for this campaign: the economy and, to a lesser extent, energy. The primaries were incredibly shortsighted, basically, and so we received shortsighted candidates. Wouldn’t you feel better if Hillary Clinton were running against Mitt Romney?

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