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The Democrats are excited to find the right candidate to take on the incumbent in next year’s Presidential election. They’re spending a lot of time and energy to pick the right candidate, and the candidates are spending a lot of energy trying to convince the party that they can carry the day a year from now.

But some of them aren’t making much sense to me. Too many promises, not enough substance. Lack of substance seems to work on the national scale though. It seems like Presidential candidates nowadays can offer anything, no matter how absurd, and get elected. Defeat Isis? I have a s...