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Originally Posted by hoosier52
For me the gun control issue is a minor one. Neither Bush nor Kerry are likely to push for any significant changes. Besides that, whatever legislation they propose will have to pass thru a fairly conservative Senate and House. I'm more interested in their positions on the economy in general and jobs in particular. It surprises me Kerry hasn't compaigned on those issues; instead he seems to be making the election a referendum on the war in Iraq. If he was smart, he'd take a page out of Bill Clintons campaign strategy book, "It's The Economy Stupid".
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My fellow Hoosier is correct; the house and senate are not going to pass new laws so the presidents views matter very little in this election. Restricting abortionsrights falls in to the same catagory; not going to happen with this house and senate. Bush/Kerry might get a Supreme Court Justice, which probabally would matter down the line, but there are too many unknowns for me to consider that.
I disagree on the domestic issue focus opninion; the countries fine and the president has little direct impact there; again, it's congress. The guy who wins will be the one who says 'I will kill terrorists' the most. Right now that's Kerry.