Did you know that John Morris is a flat-tax proponent? That’s one of the things I found out about Morris from reading the State Journal-Register. The Journal Star told me Sunday that the three Republican candidates’ “platforms don’t greatly differ. So the deciding factor for the primary, at least, will come with character.” So, are the other Republican candidates for or against a flat tax? That might be of interest to voters — Republican ones, at least.
Schock’s now infamous abandoned position on giving nukes to Taiwan was also first reported in the Journal-Register. It would seem that Schock’s foreign policy differs somewhat from the other candidates, even after backing away from the nuclear component. Wouldn’t it be interesting to flesh that out a little?
Maybe the Journal-Register will cover those issues while the Journal Star focuses on “character.”
P.S. If you haven’t already, check out Billy Dennis’s critique of JS vs. SJ-R coverage.
CJ
I’ve said for a long time that the PJS filters both local and national news to spoon feed the public what the editors think we should know or believe. It’s not just policitcal issues either! ^oo^~
What I learned from the Journal Star article: The candidates don’t get much sleep and travel a lot. Aaron Schock seems to have the early lead by “visiting all 20 counties from the most northern in Bureau County to the most southern in Pike County and made several trips to Washington, D.C.”
Gripping stuff.