for you to "wish to know where a candidate stands on the issues."

A great way to find out is to look up their voting record. Anyone who can devote time to lurking and posting at this blog, is more than capable of doing this for Obama, Clinton, Kucinich, Dodd and all the rest.

Some candidates have even written books. Obama has two.
Anyone who asks the question "Where's the beef," obviously hasn't bothered to do any research. They expect Obama to lay it all out in his speeches and tv appearances. If he did that, he'd be sure to lose.

We all (should) understand at this point that people vote for personalities and character, not voting records and 10-point plans.

I think it's safe to say that liberal/progressive/Democratic bloggers DO in fact vote (at least in part) for policy positions. But those same bloggers ought to be doing a little research while they're sitting in front of the computer.

Where's the beef?

Let's ask Giuliani and Romney before we get all bent out of shape over Obama.