FOR THE UNDECIDED.

By Randal Rust

For those of you who are undecided...

You need to look at the experience of the candidates in leadership roles.

You need to look at how the policies of previous administrations affect the current administration.

You need to face the reality that labor in the United States has shifted dramatically, and that shift requires new skills for the displaced worker.

You need to understand economics, and how things like federal deficits and increased taxes actually affect your daily life.

You need to understand what kind of an impact a President actually has on your day-to-day life, and when his policies actually begin to have an effect.

You need to understand that, once upon a time, Germany and France had no choice but to join us in coalitions, because the United States was the only thing keeping the Soviet Union off their backs.

You need to understand that once the Cold War ended, the world changed.

You need to understand that after 9/11, the world changed.

Don't listen to the rhetoric of either side. Educate yourself so that you can actually understand what people are saying.

When it comes to making a decision based on a man's character, you need to look at what a man says, and how he backs it up. Consistency is the measure of a man.

You also need to understand that, quite often, the media takes things out of context.

You need to understand that the media in this day in age has stopped reporting the news, so much as it is concerned with making the news.

And maybe most of all, you need to understand that this is America, where your right to vote is something that millions of Americans have died for.