South Carolina political debates don't really matter this year

Henry McMaster won the Lt. Gov.
debate over Bakari Sellers before it began.
McMaster does not have a "D"  by his name.
That is a big advantage in 2014.  

Candidates in South Carolina's Lieutenant Governor race debated, Monday night.

Henry McMaster and Bakari Sellers' chat about issues was a yawner. 

The state's gubernatorial debates have been boring, as have the U.S. Senate debates.

Things have changed. In 2012, the presidential debates were a source of great interest. There was national hope, excitement and anticipation after the pundits credited Republican Mitt Romney with obliterating President Barack Obama in one of the debates.

Romney, reacting to the post-debate polls, thought he had won the White House. So in the next debate, Obama just started saying what he wanted to be true and Romney never challenged him. The moderator in one debate (Candy Crowley of CNN) even jumped in to protect some of  Obama's face-saving claims.

Obama regained his footing, and kept his voters believing in him despite his failures. Obama, sadly for the country, gained improbable reelection.

But this year there is no debate. Democrats can tell you what they stand for or what they will do. They can bash and ridicule Republicans with all the stereotypes, bigotry and hate of their mythology.

No matter what is said, it does not mater. The Democrats have had six years of Democrat leadership to show who, and what, they are. People know them and what they do.

As under-employed Americans struggle to pay high energy costs, or buy exorbitantly-priced food for their children, Democrats want to put a tax on the air we breathe.

As mothers fear for the public health of their kids, Obama is importing mystery viruses with illegals and he assures us Ebola is nothing to worry about.

The country is in a state of malaise or hopelessness. 

While Democrat candidates in South Carolina will not mention Obama’s name, he is present. Every voter in the state knows what Obama represents and what the Democrat Party has done to our country. So to debate, or argue about it, is futile.

Even if you don't like the GOP, people know they cannot afford to elect Democrats.  

And that is a good thing, because maybe there is a hero out there, ready to lead like an American and heal this tortured country. We can at least have hope.