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 .
Vice president Joe Biden pitches to voters , `` Osama Bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive '' John J. Pitney Jr. : Presidential elections turn mostly on the big things : economy , war and peace . He says that in a close election , rhetoric can affect the margin of difference . He says that at the end of the day , reality trumps rhetoric .