Obama-Clinton Debate in Philadelphia Tonight

Tonight marks another democratic primary debate event. At 8 pm Eastern Standard Time, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama will once again butt heads on the important issues in preparation for Pennsylvania's primary election. The issues that they should talk about:

1. The economy. This is on everyone's mind. With a volatile stock market, foreclosing homes, people out of work, rising food housing and fuel prices, etc.; this is THE topic to be addressed. I would like to know what they propose we do about the economy. Moreover, how do they propose not only to help the national deficit, but also how will they help with rising consumer debt? It would be interesting to see who would be stronger on this point.

2. The need for a sense of community. We've become an incredibly individualized nation. No longer do we necessarily know our neighbors - partially because as individuals we have to work harder and longer in order to keep roofs over our heads, but also due to other factors. Sure, there are some examples here and there about communities coming together to tackle problems - but what about community before there is a problem? I have a feeling this is a place where Obama would have strengths over Clinton.

3. Education. This is a touchy subject. Schools are increasingly dangerous and scary places to be for students. Schools are also sending students to college unprepared (see this Boston Globe article). Parents are increasingly disgusted by the quality of education students receive. Home schooling has become a popular option to remedy this for those who cannot afford private educations. Things to be discussed about education: Security in schools, quality of education, funding for education.

There are issues they should stay away from as well:

1, Cutting one another down. Remember, while you two are competing against each other for the nomination slot, you ARE both democrats (albeit different kinds of democrats.) As a voter, I am fatigued by the news reports of snarky comments from both parties. This does not help your campaign.

2. The war unless they have a solid exit strategy they would like to share. Yes, we need to get our boys home. We've established this in earlier debates though. Right now, I want to know more about these top three issues. The war is bad. The economy is worse. How is the average Joe going to buy food for his family when he's making minimum wage and a gallon of milk is half of one hour's wage?

3. Their respective controversies. Enough said.