PROMISES ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.

The Republican Party nomination race in Iowa will come to a close, at least, in that State, after Jan. 3rd, 2012 for another four years.

That page will be condensed into just pieces of reports in the newspapers or a short documentary movie on national television, as journalists and their crew of photographers will pack up and move on to another State to follow the candidates the same way that they are doing now.

The change will be just the venue or town, but the reports will still look like those of the previous week. The candidates will be the same, and although, one or two may decide to drop out due to circumstances beyond their control, making the field to become a little bit or slightly sparse, and the rest of them will be repeating their "mantras" for their listeners to get used to them.

In other words, the messages of the candidates will be the same, of what they are going to do, if the crowds will be kind enough to elect them, or one of them as president of the United States.

During the debates, the grilling of each other, and the questions from the moderators will help them to catch fire and show that they will be strong leaders in protecting Americans and their way of life.

In fact that is what is at stake, when it come to the bottom of the barrel, for people to be confident of how the country will be managed; meaning the state of the economy to be strong, National Security and defense are in great shape, with the military being first class and well equipped, healthcare having low costs, with high job creation numbers and minimal unemployment rate tagging along; and thus making the standard of living more prosperous and viable for all Americans than in previous years.

The promises will keep coming, and the one that will sound more convincing that he or she will be able to do a better job, will be chosen to challenge the present occupant of the White House.

Whatever plans they may have will be counted as just promises; but do these candidates realize that, when they make them?

Most of them support them (promises) with their personal records or what they have done with their lives, as well as the backgrounds that they have, for people to evaluate them on. It then comes to the point that, trusting them is the only thing that they (people) have left in their emotional arsenal to fight back.

They, candidates, will then pass the severe tests of going through election campaigns, in which these promises are spelled out in detail. Some of these campaigns will end in triumph and others will fail to reach their goals. The triumphant person will then be the choice.

However, in the long run, are not citizens taking a big fat risk in putting their lives in the hands of sometimes total strangers, who are counting their chickens before they are hatched? That may be tawdry to be asking; but think about that.

In fact, that has been the nature of Democracy; and that is, to leave one person, in terms of being president, (or a group of people, in terms of having a Congress or Parliament), to run the affairs of a country.

That is the process of Democracy, the microcosm of which is going on in Iowa today; and that will follow throughout in the primaries of the Republican Party in the coming days toward the 2012 presidential election.

Will that result in the party finding someone, who will earn the complete confidence of its members? Of course. What then will be going through that person's mind, to be chosen to confront another person, who has so much experience, and coupled with that, the achievement of making the country safe for the last three years, in the present volatile world?

Nevertheless, those may be a rhetorical questions; but let us for a moment look at it this way, that Al Qaeda is on the run, Iran is being perturbed and may refrain from pursuing its ambition of obtaining a nuclear weapon, because the U.S. sanctions are biting. America is making friends through its troops withdrawal from Iraq, and the scaling down of hostilities on both sides in Afghanistan tends to be a pretty fantastic idea. The country's economy has begun to show signs of improvement and even growth, and unemployment figures are dwindling; as well as an additional thirty million people having healthcare insurance coverage. This, my friend, by every standard is a good record; don't you agree?

There might be some setbacks to warrant a backlash or two; like border patrol and immigration reform. Yes; however, no one is perfect.

Once again, come to think of it, what other question comes to mind is, is the country ready to exchange realities in life for mere promises? Besides, changing horses in midstream is inadvisable.