Vice President Joe Biden pitches to Obama , ` ` Osama Bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive '' Other economic indicators are pointing in the right direction , too . Patrick J. Kennedy Jr. : Presidential elections focus mostly on the big things : economy , war and peace . He says that in a close race , economy can affect the margin of difference . He says that at the end of the day , economy trumps rhetoric .
Vice President Joe Biden pitches to Obama , ` ` Osama Bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive '' Patrick J. Kennedy Jr. : Presidential elections focus mostly on the big things : economy , war and peace . He says that in a close race , economy can affect the margin of difference . He says that at the end of the day , economy trumps rhetoric .