This Election is About Arithmetic, Not Values

In his NYT column this morning Roger Cohen repeated a theme about the presidential race that the punditry is anxious to shove down the public's throat:

"Saving Private Romney is going to involve an ideological battle — over the size of government, the extent of Americans’ obligations to one another, even the soul of the country — that is no less than the United States deserves."

This is utter nonsense. In fact on the vast majority of issues affecting the well-being of typical Americans Govern...