Romney. Obama. Bush. Clinton. Ron Paul. The economy.

Who is at fault for our economic problems? Are we a prisoner in a box like Pandora?

Romney blames Obama. Obama blames Bush. Bush blamed Clinton. Clinton blamed the other Bush. And so on. Sound familiar? Of course, the republicans and the democrats blame each other. That is America's political leadership chain. Rather than produce a chain of great leaders, America produces a chain of presidential political finger pointing. Ron Paul blames both of them and all of them.  He may be "right." Correct anyway. And me? Who do I blame? It's not relevant.  Why? Because it seems that we Americans are content with assessing blame, rather than assessing a candidate with a possible solution. I cast off the blame consideration in favor of catching any prospective candidate solution.

If you listen close to the rhetoric of both candidates, you do not hear solutions. You hear blame. On the other hand, Obama is still selling hope and a large part of Americans are still buying. Americans never give up hope. It is part of the American culture.  In contrast, Romney is selling his Bain bridge as his golden gate to the oval office. The Bain bridge, built on the premise that his Bain experience translates into presidential experience, unfortunately collapses under the weight of  the most superficial examination.  Can either candidate make a difference in the economy? No. Maybe yes. And I do not reach that conclusion from apathy or cynicism. The fact is America has no one to sell to anymore, relatively speaking.

In America's economic boom years, we sold more products to other countries than we purchased. If they did not have the money to buy our goods, we loaned them money so they could purchase American made: TVs, radios, computers, lumber, ships, electronics, engines, automobiles, trucks, tractors, food, steel and knowledge just to name a few things. Now our old customers make the products themselves and often sell them back to us. America has no one to sell things to any more, that is, even if we could make them, like we used to.

The solution? America has to reinvent itself for the 21st century. Look for the candidate who does not saturate his stump talk with a quagmire of blame, but raises his voice and shouts for creative solutions.

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