Your correct. When I was younger, I remember candidates talking about current issues and what their plan (platform) was to correct problems facing the country. Today"s politics is all about what some other people did to ruin whatever (topic) rather than a platform for change. It gets old listening to people talk about what B. Clinton did, what reagan did, what carter did. People should be asking more poignant questions of these candidates. Delve into there backgrounds and associations, find out who these men are and what they represent. That's what an election should be about. It shouldn't be an election of he is cute, or she is hot, or he is old. This country is being dumbed down by the Media. The media is controlling our elections.