Campaign Behaviors

Candidates for executive offices should be held to account for contradictory and misleading statements. "I'll lower taxes" often accompanies "I'll create jobs" and "I'll make our schools #1 in the nation." Presumably, "I'll eliminate wasteful spending" and "I'll not let government spend more than it takes in" are the strategies that will work the necessary miracles.

But really; is this evidence of leadership ability or even recognizable leadership tendency?

Or is it just blather?

Clearly, it is useless rhetoric that offers no indicator of leadership skills.

And it is a sad testament to the quality of American political campaigning that this sort of blather may have come to be expected.