None of the candidates have a coherent national policy matrix in part because they don't want one — their staffs are not designed to actually create coherent national policy that addresses all threats and needs in the context of a grand strategy on one side and a balanced budget on the other.
What we have now is platitudes and theater — no one, least of all the media and particularly singling out the progressive and conservative media, is holding the candidates accountable for being serious.
Below the fold are snap-shots of what an honest evidence-based policy conversation should consider, for each of the following:
Economic Issues: Budget & Economy, Government Reform, Social Security, Tax Reform, Technology & Infrastructure, Welfare & Poverty
Social Issues: Abortion, Corporations, Education, Families & Children, Health Care, Principles &Values.
Domestic Issues: Civil Rights, Crime, Drugs, Environment, Gun Control, Jobs
International Issues: Eneregy & Oil, Foreign Policy, Free Trade, Homeland Security, Immigration, War & Peace
