Really good point. The key is to bring good jobs back to the inner cities. Light industry, heavy industry. When folks have good jobs, they gain a sense of pride in themselves and their community. They begin to self-regulate their behavior.
It amazes me that no one in power talks about this, or cares about this.
Both McCain and Romney missed a grand opportunity to hammer Obama on urban issues. It would have been an easy photo op to go to the parents of kids who lost their vouchers in DC and then had to watch as Obama and Michelle sent their two precious daughters to Sidley Friends.
Cook County is ready made as an example of Obamanomics. Romney could have shot hundreds of three minute shorts about what’s wrong in Chicago or Cook County per the Dems. He didn’t do that.
So far I know that in 2016 I only want a Gov/Gov ticket and right now I like a Perry/Walker ticket, but Nikki Haley has done some smart things, too.