"Show us your vision"

This morning's Des Moines Register was the opening for their new political director, Kathie Obradovich. A great opening piece concerning the lack of long-term plans proposed by thought(less) contenders for the 2010 gubernatorial race. With all that is happening; economic struggles, argicultural pollution and subsidy issues, sociopoitical issues, etc. Candidates gearing for the run are spending an inordinate amount of time defending their views on ver specific issues. While this helps us determine where a candidate stands politically, Obradovich aptly states that candidates need to construct a vision.

This is a long-term goal of where the state of Iowa should be in 10, 15, and 20+ years. It's a BROAD scope to engage short term plans for long term goals. Obradovich further clarifies what a vision is, "Vision is about what we want our communities and our state to be like, not tomorrow or next week, but 10 or even 20 years from now. What kind of jobs do we want there to be when our kids or grandkids graduate from college? What are our hopes for retirement? What will make Iowa stand out?"

Let's look at this state-wide as a third of the nations unions will be in position to elect the best candidate that has a long term vision, with smart and supportive short term plans.