Well, at least the election will be ABOUT something, and something important, at that.
The reason we are where we are is that the People, through their representatives in Congress assembled, are fine with high levels of spending as long as they can borrow the money to pay for it.
Medicare, beloved by many (including many here) is going to be destroyed, no matter what. It is going to be destroyed because its funding is finite while its demand is infinite, by design.
This is the principal reason three successive elected Congresses cannot pass a budget. The model (borrow to spend) is collapsing.
Paul Ryan is the only guy with the balls to describe a way out. This makes him an excellent choice, IF the People who elected all these Congresses want a way out.
THAT, unfortunately, is very much in doubt.
Romney has drawn a line in the sand with this pick. With regard to the economy, at least, no more lies.
Are the People up to it? I doubt it.
Vote for Romney, but bet on Obama.
If it is, "Choom" and his dogs will be crushed harder than anyone has ever been crushed in the history of the American Republic. It will be annihilation -- and I'll demand FBI investigations and charges against Regime operatives.
But see my last. That is a very tall order with the likes of David Gregory, Gloria Borger, and Terry Moran asking all the questions.