The Choice In 2012: Emotion Versus Ideas

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American Thinker:

On Monday we witnessed the beginning of two campaigns to shape the direction of the nation's future. President Obama declared that he would seek re-election in 2012, kicking off his pursuit of a second term with a web ad geared toward recruiting grassroots workers who would try to keep him in the White House.

In Congress, a much different campaign was launched by the Republicans, with Chairman of the Budget Committee Paul Ryan's release of the 2012 Republican budget. Comparing these two opening salvos for next year's election, America's choice can be boiled down to a simple choice between the emotional ploys of the left, and the comprehensive solutions of the right.

The difference between the two is best shown through the videos each side made when they initially launched their respective campaigns. Though each broadly discusses the future of the United States in a clip lasting just a few minutes, only one connects policy proposed today with America's future tomorrow by discussing actual plans that will affect the nation.