Well, as I've said several times before, I won't be voting for President Obama's re-election in November. The only question is whether I will vote at all. At this point, I think the GOP is zeroing in on a candidate who if elected could begin to bring the disparate ideologies in the Congress and the country together for the common good. But unfortunately, the terribly vicious and negative primary campaign may have damaged his chances fatally.

The WSJ article was pretty good, although imprecise when it comes to the numbers. But it did hit on what might be the major difference of political opinion--the GOP wants the free market to provide many of the services needed and wanted by our developed society, while the Democrats are more comfortable having many of those services provided under government control.

Personally, I think there's room for both approaches. In fact, based on the types of services desired and needed for the common good, some can only be provided by a central government. A major question that the public will have to answer for themselves is--how has the private sector acted and influenced our country, our economy and our lives in recent years? Is that result better or worse than it might have been with government provided or regulated benefits?