There are 4 major aspects if this election are : War, health care, abortion, and global warming. The reasons I say they are major political aspects is because everyone's talking about them and the news stations won't leave these topics alone. Also, I think if a candidate was to ignore where they are going to stand on these issues they'll will be committing political suicide.
For me I want a president who is going to stay in Iraq for just a few more years and then start pulling out. The reason- debt. George Bush isn't necessarily the biggest reason for our debt but the war has cost us a lot of money. Also, we would look weak if we were to totally pull out troops short of our main goal. I dislike people who say we shouldn't be in Iraq. I'd like them to say that face to face with the family members lost Sept 11, 2001.
Health Care is a massive topic. I would definitely like to see the presidential candidate talk about this. They can't win either way. How are we going to afford this without tax increase. What happened to capitalism and what it stands for. Look at other countries with free health care, it takes months to get into just a dentist office.
Now, the mother of all topics is abortion. There are religious, moral and several other aspects behind why not to have an abortion. Yet, in certain cases I can see why one would want an abortion: rape, incest...etc. The biblical argument would be that God has a plan for everyone and why not rape victims?
Global Warming in my opinion is a minor issue yet green party members make it a must for the presidential candidate to talk about. I personally think global warming is retarded. We've had global warmings and coolings before. The next reason it is so big is people stand to gain from hyping global warming.