The issue is the economy, and both parties are dodging
Political campaigns are wretched forums for debating economic policy. Passionate partisan oratory invariably oversimplifies, when it does not downright distort, what by their nature are formidably complex issues. And that is the case, in spades, for the mid-term election campaign now plodding toward its conclusion at the polls next Tuesday.
The issues, certainly, are pressing. The nation is racked by the highest unemployment rate in 42 years. Recovery remains elusive, as was demonstrated by last week's economic news, a maddeningly familiar mixture of plus...
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