Sykes, Green to discuss non-issue

Republican radio talk show host Charlie Sykes will have Rep. Mark Green, a candidate for governor, on his show Tuesday morning.

I was hoping he would ask Green to talk about his position on Social Security changes, since he has refused to do that for months now, despite repeated attempts to smoke him out.

Now, with the proposal deader than the proverbial doornail, maybe Green would like to say he's against any risky changes -- and that he was against them all along. It wouldn't be true, but Sykes would never challenge him, and then he'd be on the record. (Even the chair of the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee is jumping ship on Social Security.)

But, alas, Sykes and Green will talk about the issue that is uppermost in the mind of the voters, judging from all of the airtime and ink it gets in Milwaukee -- voter ID.

Actually, here's what voters say when you ask them about national priorities. Sykes and Green apparently plan to talk about none of them:

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FOX News/Opinion Dynamics Poll. Sept. 13-14, 2005. N=900 registered voters nationwide. MoE ± 3.

"Which one of the following do you think should be the top domestic priority for President Bush right now: [see below]?" Items rotated
%
Hurricane relief 27
The economy 17
Homeland security 14
Gas prices 10
Health care 9
Social Security 8
Education 5
Something else (vol.) 5
Unsure 4