Voters are not so easily sidetracked. In its August poll asking Americans what they think is the most important problem facing the country, Gallup found 54 percent said jobs and the economy. A grand total of seven percent named the federal deficit.
And yet, in the midst of a continuing unemployment disaster, many Republicans are now debating, in public and amongst themselves, about how much Romney and Ryan should stress bringing runaway federal spending under control by restructuring Medicare and other entitlements. …
Both sides say they welcome the argument. But for Democrats, it’s a godsend. “Any day talking about [Medicare] not jobs is a good day,” the liberal journalist Jonathan Alter tweeted Thursday. And even if Democrats don’t win the Medicare debate — if Team Obama is only able to fight Romney to a draw — that will mean a lot of good days not talking about unemployment.
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