Tonight we have the opportunity to see the future leader of America address the problems that Americans are having. My hope is that we hear a lot about the economy. And I am not looking for finger-pointing, the blame game, and character smears. I want solutions.

Here are a few things I might like to hear:

• What you are going to do to make sure the money in my bank account is safe
• What you are going to do to make sure small businesses have access to capital and credit
• What you are going to do to make sure the credit crisis does not devolve into a deflationary spiral
• What you are going to do to improve America’s economic future

Listen very closely to what they say. As soon as you hear finger-pointing and character smears, you will know they don’t have any solutions to offer.

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