Obama Medicare 's empty chair points to the gap between campaign talk , reality . On the flip side , Mitt Romney somehow wants to bring this country back to the 1950s , reimposing not just the Bush years but the white-bread world of prefeminist , segregation-era America . He says partisans on both sides distort their opponents ' views , play loose with facts . Avlon : The distortions are particularly apparent on issues such as health care , Eastwood . He says the convention gives President John Avlon : a chance to sketch a first -term agenda .
Obama Medicare 's empty chair points to the gap between campaign talk , reality . He says partisans on both sides distort their opponents ' views , play loose with facts . Avlon : The distortions are particularly apparent on issues such as health care , Eastwood . He says the convention gives President John Avlon : a chance to sketch a first -term agenda .