Casting Your Vote

Many decisions are made by a combination of head and heart. This intellectual and emotional balance usually results in a good decision. But how is this relevant to picking a candidate? Here are my thoughts. Candidates are running for an office. Their campaign attempts to justify why they are the best person for the job. And there it is: It’s a job application and the candidates are being reviewed and selected by us, the citizens, the people they will serve. Running our government whether at the local, state or national level is an important and vital job with ever increasing complexity. They affect our lives, finances, security and freedom, so how we examine each candidate (job applicant