Don't take campaign slogans too seriously

Candidates have long waged election campaigns on catchy slogans, snappy jingles, popular promises and misleading but memorable mottos.

It’s getting worse. The music is better but the lyrics are lacking. Vagueness is in vogue.

The less specific candidates are with their actual plans to fulfill campaign promises, the less the opposition and analysts can pick apart the flaws.

Running for president or Congress? Promise more funding for child care, lower taxes, lower prices at the grocery store, stronger defense, defeating China for jobs and investment, protecting the U.S. border, more housing at a...