http://www.newyorker.com/cartoons/daily-cartoon/thursday-february-4th-hillary-clinton-campaign-slogan

My mistake. Not asking about climate change made me think of the debate.

Are Clinton and Sanders talking about – not just mentioning, but talking about – the issue? I haven’t noticed any signs of this in the press.

Agree, but this doesn’t exonerate the candidates””

I meant in the exit polls, they could not have complained about that. But yes, by now, everyone involved could have pushed harder to make climate change a more central issue in this campaign.

Given the recent history of SCOTUS, including the new decision on coal plants, your list pretty much sums up why electability is the only meaningful criterion for the Democratic candidate.

SCOTUS will have a far more profound effect on the future in most of the areas you are concerned about than any presidential policy promises.

But I would vote for you as dictator in any event.

dean: Terrorism would seem to be a threat only in the things the republican frontrunners say they would do to fight it and social structures they’d destroy in order to pay for their fight.

Much like “the war on drugs” (i.e., prohibition and the war on drug users). The single greatest fear I have is the fear of people who use fear as a political tool.

L Hamilton: As somebody who answered one of those New Hampshire exit polls, I was struck by the question asking “What is the most important issue facing this country?” with only 4 choices — terrorism, economy/jobs, health care, income inequality.

It seems to me that “terrorism” isn’t even an issue worth mentioning in the USA when all of the other problems are considered.

I would place as the current #1 problem the legalization of bribery, which has erased even the pretense of the USA being a democratic republic. Solve that problem and the issue of climate change policy would be solved.

The #2 problem isn’t on the survey’s list either: wealth being taken away from the people who created it and given to the worthless parasites who did nothing at all to create it. Double the minimum wage everywhere for everyone, and raise taxes on the wealthy to a higher rate than the ever-dwindling middle-class: about 33% for the moderately wealthy, 70% for the very wealthy, 90% for the extremely wealthy. People who enjoy the many benefits of being USA citizens damn well ought to pay for the benefits they receive. USA corporations that move to other countries should be embargoed and face tariffs if they still want to do business in the USA.

#3: education costs far beyond what citizens can afford.

#4: Equal Rights Amendment. There is still no Constitutional guarantee that all citizens are allowed to vote.

#5: Aborting pregnancies as a human right, to anyone and everyone who requires one; also, free and easily available long-term contraception.

#6: Only then would I think health care is an issue, and when I am elected dictator I will fund the education of more physicians and nurses, and if their academic scores are high enough I would fund them for free if they agree to practice for their first three years on American Indian reservations, and in areas where there are no medical care services.

“Terrorism?” Sheeeish. Coal-fired power plants kill about 16,000 USA citizens every year—- far more than “terrorists” could kill.

A media narrative being enforced by survey questions just as it was by debate questions.