Those are pretty big issues, why do you say winning on them would mean nothing?
I guess I was unclear. Yes these are big issues, and that is exactly why no one is going to run on them.
Instead they will run on “balanced budget”, “small government”, but I'm saying that this actually means very little unless the core fiscal issues are addressed. This is what has been happening, and the result is where we are now.
Being elected running on just “balanced budget”, “small government” without detailing the more core issues gets you elected, but the people ‘win’ nothing because these slogans are easily sidestep by ‘unexpected’ circumstances that always seem to occur.