What problems should the 2020 presidential candidates all be addressing?

[kyzr]

None of the above. The system of governance needs to be repaired.

It is what it is. Deal with it. What do you propose congress does?

Codifies it’s rules where (for one idea) it takes 75% of the other body (Senate has to change the House rules and vice versa).

So there is no more speaker/majority leader deciding what the rest of the body does.

If the House Passes a bill, the Senate has to take up the legislation in 90 days and vice versa. By “take up” the legislation…there has to be a floor vote by a quorum of the entire body.

For starters.

Make the rules effective starting on 1/1/XX when the next Congress is sworn in. Politics will always be there but when you codify the rules and make them unimpeachable, the politics take a backseat to the rules that govern the enterprise; not the other way around.

As for legislation; the only thing that matters is campaign reform. Top to bottom. Involving finance, redistricting, election logistics….

Meh. Not sure that would improve anything. Nothing would ever get done, plus it would take Constitutional amendments to effect those changes. Redistricting is a State function, so are election logistics to a degree. The USSC already ruled on campaign finance in the Citizens United decision.
"Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 558 U.S. 310 (2010), is a landmark United States Supreme Court case concerning campaign finance. ... The ruling effectively freed labor unions and corporations to spend money on electioneering communications and to directly advocate for the election or defeat of candidates."

 

[TNHarley]

How about congresses slush fund for harassment and other immoral acts they do where they buy their way out of it?

 

[edward37]

The Main topic will be the Dems HATING TRUMP.

They have really offered no real policy except the LUNACY of the Green Deal to appease the Far left.
They will promise FREE STUFF, and then say........TRUMP SUCKS...........

That will be the issues of main stream for another stinking year.

BULLSHIT Dems majority don't want or need ""free stuff"" Just don't want an asshole leading us down the garden path A man or women that doesn't mock 3/4 of America, one who gives America hope for a better country, not one whose sole goal is to line his pockets

Pot painting the kettle black.

Are you talking about Biden or Trump .....LOL

62 million voted for Trump. Where did you get that 75% info............from MSM BS polls who poll a pack of liberals to skew the data.

Your side is Hating because you found someone who fights back and mocks you and your BS. You don't like it. A large portion of America LOVES IT.

Your side has shown it's true colors for all to see And you are paying for it. LOL

I want Mr eagle some one with a sound mind ,,,NOT a buffoon whose policy depends on what side of the bed he wakes up on Not a TV reality show president who is a divider like none we've ever had before, not a president who lists his financial gains before doing whats right for all the people

 

[BluesLegend]

OMG, if lying was a crime there wouldn't be anything else to do, that would tie-up everyone every second of every day.

And yet congress passed laws making it a felony to lie in the private sector. Here's another, the private sector must maintain their independence even in appearance (cough the Clintons cough Joe Biden cough Obamas) yet another law congress passed that I would hold congress accountable to.

 

[edward37]

OMG, if lying was a crime there wouldn't be anything else to do, that would tie-up everyone every second of every day.

And yet congress passed laws making it a felony to lie in the private sector. Here's another, the private sector must maintain their independence even in appearance (cough the Clintons cough Joe Biden cough Obamas) yet another law congress passed that I would hold congress accountable to.

you want to put all gov't liars away?? We'll have no gov't left and jails will be filled to the brim How about just the BIG liars ,,,,like Mexico will pay for the wall and Obama is not a citizen???

 

[Jets]

The next President needs to find a way to get Congress to pass bipartisan legislation. A leader has to demonstrate he is above the partisan demagoguery.

 

[Uncensored2008]

- Eliminate the shadow government, ie terminate the CIA, NSA, FBI, and all other intelligence/spy agencies.
- Bring all our troops in foreign lands home.
- Cut the War Department by 75%.
- Close the Pentagon and eliminate the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
- Term limit all in Congress.
- Overturn Citizens United.
- Public fund all political campaigns. No private money.
- Any politician guilty of taking bribes, will be shot at dawn.

You seek to have the fascist democrat press the only entity with freedom of speech?

If you use public funding for campaigns, you may as well just have government appoint our rulers and not bother with the farce of elections.

 

[BluesLegend]

OMG, if lying was a crime there wouldn't be anything else to do, that would tie-up everyone every second of every day.

And yet congress passed laws making it a felony to lie in the private sector. Here's another, the private sector must maintain their independence even in appearance (cough the Clintons cough Joe Biden cough Obamas) yet another law congress passed that I would hold congress accountable to.

you want to put all gov't liars away?? We'll have no gov't left and jails will be filled to the brim How about just the BIG liars ,,,,like Mexico will pay for the wall and Obama is not a citizen???

We the people should put politicians on notice, its NOT acceptable to lie to us period! Fuckers!

 

[Third Party]

The Main topic will be the Dems HATING TRUMP.

They have really offered no real policy except the LUNACY of the Green Deal to appease the Far left.
They will promise FREE STUFF, and then say........TRUMP SUCKS...........

That will be the issues of main stream for another stinking year.

BULLSHIT Dems majority don't want or need ""free stuff"" Just don't want an asshole leading us down the garden path A man or women that doesn't mock 3/4 of America, one who gives America hope for a better country, not one whose sole goal is to line his pockets

Why do you slam Trump EVERY time you post? It takes away from your point-now I have to slam you instead of responding to a good point you made. Trump does not mock 3/4 of America-tell us who they are? He gives hope to people at rallies that there will be no open borders-something more than 3/4 of the people don't want. People like you hurt the political discourse by name calling-asshole-how about asshole Pelosi or even asshole you-you came up with the name-wear it

 

[Uncensored2008]

The next President needs to find a way to get Congress to pass bipartisan legislation. A leader has to demonstrate he is above the partisan demagoguery.

The problem is that the two parties have nothing in common.

The Americans want a stable society with a free market where people can work hard and succeed without the permission of the ruling caste. They want the freedom to speak their mind, even about the rulers and about elections. They want to worship as they please, without Beto or Buttplug telling their church what they must preach. They want equal justice under a single code of law, where everyone is subject to the same law, even the ruling democrats.

The democrats have a VERY different view than the Americans. The democrats want to throw out the Constitution and build a socialist paradise with a guaranteed income for all, "free" VA Care for every America (democrat rulers will have special care), free college for all, perhaps even mandatory to imbue the principles of Marxism in all. Hate speech will be outlawed, what one may say will be tightly regulated. Religion will be controlled by Washington to ensure that preaching never contradicts the goals of the party. And of course the current system where law is only for Republicans and Commoners will continue. The only law for democrats of a certain rank or higher will continue to be "serve the party."

 

[blackhawk]

Opioid crisis that gets some attention but nearly as much as it should.

 

[candycorn]

None of the above. The system of governance needs to be repaired.

It is what it is. Deal with it. What do you propose congress does?

Codifies it’s rules where (for one idea) it takes 75% of the other body (Senate has to change the House rules and vice versa).

So there is no more speaker/majority leader deciding what the rest of the body does.

If the House Passes a bill, the Senate has to take up the legislation in 90 days and vice versa. By “take up” the legislation…there has to be a floor vote by a quorum of the entire body.

For starters.

Make the rules effective starting on 1/1/XX when the next Congress is sworn in. Politics will always be there but when you codify the rules and make them unimpeachable, the politics take a backseat to the rules that govern the enterprise; not the other way around.

As for legislation; the only thing that matters is campaign reform. Top to bottom. Involving finance, redistricting, election logistics….

Meh. Not sure that would improve anything. Nothing would ever get done, plus it would take Constitutional amendments to effect those changes.

Not necessarily on the amendments. The bodies make their own rules. Its just a question of how radical the leadership wants to behave.

As for the “nothing would ever get done”…passing a rule that if the House passed a bill and the Senate had to consider it by a floor vote (and vice versa) in 90 days would ensure two things… 1). The bill would never be approved because the other body would tinker with it. This would happen if you had a sweep like the GOP had during the first 2 years of the blob’s presidency. 2). It would allow the voters to see where their representatives stood on an issue so you’d likely see more turnover if we forced our elected officials to take a stand instead of allowing them to dodge issues by the leader not bringing votes to the floor.

Redistricting is a State function, so are election logistics to a degree. The USSC already ruled on campaign finance in the Citizens United decision.

"Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 558 U.S. 310 (2010), is a landmark United States Supreme Court case concerning campaign finance. ... The ruling effectively freed labor unions and corporations to spend money on electioneering communications and to directly advocate for the election or defeat of candidates."

Again, you illuminate what needs to be addressed.

 

[Uncensored2008]

The Main topic will be the Dems HATING TRUMP.

They have really offered no real policy except the LUNACY of the Green Deal to appease the Far left.
They will promise FREE STUFF, and then say........TRUMP SUCKS...........

That will be the issues of main stream for another stinking year.

BULLSHIT Dems majority don't want or need ""free stuff"" Just don't want an asshole leading us down the garden path A man or women that doesn't mock 3/4 of America, one who gives America hope for a better country, not one whose sole goal is to line his pockets

eddie munster, you're a liar as we all know. But more, you're very, very stupid. Of the 22 Marxists who vied for the 2020 nomination of the Communist democrat party, name one who was not promising free shit? Free money each month like Yang? Free college like Shitting Bull and Bernie, VA care for all, which all 22 embraced. Reagan defeated the democrat beloved Soviet Union; democrats are dedicated to bringing it back on US soil.

 

[Uncensored2008]

None of the above. The system of governance needs to be repaired.

As noted, democrats are waging civil war to end the Constitution.

 

[Uncensored2008]

Opioid crisis that gets some attention but nearly as much as it should.

That is a "crisis" of our own creation. We offered people a means of dealing with chronic pain, and it worked. Oxycontin used in on ongoing fashion let people live without pain and be functioning, productive members of society.

But then the ninny's, the hall monitors, got involved and convinced everyone that these were BAD, that those no longer in pain were "addicted." Over about 15 years, the medical community took away the safe and legal pain management tools these people depended on to live normal lives. Many committed suicide, not willing to live lives in agony, but many others turned to heroin and fentanyl to manage their pain, a "solution" not safe and not legal, and truly addictive.

The Obama regime took away the only hope millions of people had, so they turned to any hope they could find.

 

[Sun Devil 92]

None of the above. The system of governance needs to be repaired.

What do you mean ?

We have a great system. But, as was said in the beginning, the Constitution was written for a moral people.

No system is going to overcome lying and bullshit.

 

[Sun Devil 92]

None of the above. The system of governance needs to be repaired.

It is what it is. Deal with it. What do you propose congress does?

Codifies it’s rules where (for one idea) it takes 75% of the other body (Senate has to change the House rules and vice versa).

So there is no more speaker/majority leader deciding what the rest of the body does.

If the House Passes a bill, the Senate has to take up the legislation in 90 days and vice versa. By “take up” the legislation…there has to be a floor vote by a quorum of the entire body.

For starters.

Make the rules effective starting on 1/1/XX when the next Congress is sworn in. Politics will always be there but when you codify the rules and make them unimpeachable, the politics take a backseat to the rules that govern the enterprise; not the other way around.

As for legislation; the only thing that matters is campaign reform. Top to bottom. Involving finance, redistricting, election logistics….

What say, we just stop letting the feds run our lives. I would prefer my state house run things more and D.C. less....like it is supposed to work and was intended to work.

 

[candycorn]

None of the above. The system of governance needs to be repaired.

What do you mean ?

We have a great system. But, as was said in the beginning, the Constitution was written for a moral people.

No system is going to overcome lying and bullshit.

mitigation is better than throwing your hands up and saying nothing can be done.

 

[Sun Devil 92]

None of the above. The system of governance needs to be repaired.

What do you mean ?

We have a great system. But, as was said in the beginning, the Constitution was written for a moral people.

No system is going to overcome lying and bullshit.

mitigation is better than throwing your hands up and saying nothing can be done.

Ah yes...typical left winger thought processes.

Somehow you'll legislate people into being honest and not manipulating the system.

How has that worked out for you so far ?

 

[candycorn]

None of the above. The system of governance needs to be repaired.

What do you mean ?

We have a great system. But, as was said in the beginning, the Constitution was written for a moral people.

No system is going to overcome lying and bullshit.

mitigation is better than throwing your hands up and saying nothing can be done.

Ah yes...typical left winger thought processes.

Somehow you'll legislate people into being honest and not manipulating the system.

How has that worked out for you so far ?

Typical conservative response that totally mis-states the position. Are you dishonest or just stupid?