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"But we'll have to wait until November to see just how many Americans are paying attention."
You suggest that from the 3 mainstream candidates, at least one represents economic sanity, presumably one or both democrats.
I used to believe it worked that way. But with the "off the books" financing of the Iraq debacle-- and the utter unwillingness of Obama and Hillary Clinton to publicly draw the connection between the war,the weakening dollar, and the ever-upward spiraling of dollar-denominated oil prices, I question whether the democrats represent a substantially more sober answer.