Gosh Joe Kennedy is young. And really good. Think people will rally?

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60. I don't know. Single payer is a really big issue for me.

It is one way we can get our economy back on the right track. We are way overspending on health insurance.

I'm also interested in programs that help people buy their own homes. In Los Angeles that is a big problem, and it is really tough for retired people who don't own their homes.

I'm also interested in education and making it free or more affordable to obtain either vocational training or a college education.

And I'm interested in a lot of other programs like raising the minimum wage. California is pretty good when it comes to justice in terms of race, sexual preference, and fair when it comes to women's issues. But those issues are important in the rest of the country.

I think we Democrats have lost our focus on economic issues. When I was growing up in the post-FDR period, economic issues were really the reason Democrats won campaigns. Democrats did not focus on the justice issues having to do with equality. I agree with the focus on equality, but (and I'm a woman), we need to focus now more on economics than we do because the majority of Americans share an interest in economic security and at this stage we should focus on shared interests because in so doing we will forward the interests of minorities. We have to be able to do both things -- focus on justice and equality issues while improving the economy.

I think that Obama did a pretty good job balancing those things but because of trade, many Americans think the economy worsened for them personally. They forget that while their really good job may have been moved overseas, and they are earning less, they can buy a lot with what they earn because the imported products are so cheap. It's a trade-off. Democrats have not pointed to the advantages of trade. And Democrats have not pointed out that if people don't buy the imported products, but buy American, jobs will return.

Anyway, I ramble. But I will be interested in looking at Joe Kennedy's website and finding out where he stands on the issues.