Kevin Youkilis is Our Biggest Problem

Kevin Youkilis was traded to the Chicago White Sox last weekend. In New England, in the land of Red Sox nation, this was big news and rightly so. Youkilis had been a member of the two World Championship teams but his performance had slipped. That, along with his pending free agency, and the emergence of rookie Will Middlebrooks made the deal something that had to happen.

The trade of Kevin Youkilis has somehow became an issue in the Presidential campaign. Barack Obama speaking at a campaign event in Massachusetts made a joke about " Thanking Boston for Youkilis" as of course the President is from Chicago. The crowd did not respond in a hugely positive way and the President joked about " knowing his audience."

Certainly this is not a news story. However the Romney campaign jumped on the story, criticizing the President. It should be noted that were the situation reversed the Democrats would be doing the same thing to Romney.

This is indicative of the major problem in the Presidential campaign. With all the major issues in this country our political campaigns become exercises in minutiae. When Kevin Youkilis become an issue for the two major party candidates for President to spar about we have taken a very wrong turn.

We deserve better.