Why are we all so intently focused on picking apart the candidates' comments and personal affiliations? The only thing that should matter in choosing a leader is whether or not they will make a good one.

We need someone in the Oval Office who will run this country with compassion, courage, and wisdom. Unfortunately, the only things anyone wants to talk about are banal, trivial, and downright insulting to the average American's intelligence. Can we at least try to focus on the important issues? The economy, health care, and the war in the Middle East top the list of concerns for most voters. In spite of that, these three issues have been all but ignored by the pundits for at least the last month. Everyone is yammering on about who Obama's pastor is and where Clinton's real estate interests are.

All politicians have skeletons in the closet. All of them have lied to someone at some time. And each and every one of them proves to have at least one really big wart. What matters is the direction the U.S. is taking, and will take in the next four years.