The current congressional electioneering reminds me of a story about the legendary TCU football coach Dutch Meyers. TCU was playing Mississippi and one of the TCU linemen, Billy Jack, was being badly outplayed by his opponent. Coach Meyer called Bobby Joe from the bench and said, "That guy from Mississippi is whuppin' ole Billy Jack, can you stop that guy?" Bobby Joe says "Coach, I'll do my best." Coach Meyers says, "Sit back down Bobby Joe, Billy Jack is doing his best."

And that is the situation we have this year. The Democrats don't say what they will do to defeat Jihadis or improve the economy, but say they will do better than the Republicans. But the Republicans are doing their best. Actually the Republicans have a bigger challenge than Billy Jack did, because Bobby Joe wasn't actively aiding the guy from Mississippi. The Democrats try to prevent the Republicans from passing legislation that would increase our supply of oil while complaining about the price of gasoline, and their public statements about the war with Jihadis are making our allies in Iraq and other places nervous. while encouraging our enemies.

Actually, it is the pragmatic Democrats who are vague about their plans. The more liberal Democrats are clear about what they would do. They would retreat from Iraq and then ignore the Jihadis, and are certain that raising taxes will improve the economy.