I think the candidates need to start talking about what their plans are, otherwise they might not have any plans.
I'm talking about making some kind of sensible planning like the Obama administration has been doing for the last several years. For example, the automaker recovery near the beginning of his first term; or the withdrawal plans sometime thereafter (which need to be re-worked into something that doesn't involve us continuing in paying money to corporations to help us occupy other countries for a while so companies can make money; and stick to the standing and ready force idea)
Perhaps such a plan would include influencing the supply of solar panels to rural households at more affordable rates than currently possible through direct subsidies; to go along with the oil corporation's new wells within five miles of where we live, complete with floodlights, gas burner, truck traffic, road blockage, strange chemical smells on the drive past later at night.
Note that for the solar panel plan to work, either there would have to be a limit on the amount of panels for example (don't limit efficiency for fear of innovation) or else the program would have to be carefully monitored to make sure the large landowners don't crowd out the 5 or 10 acre people who might have similar energy requirements.
I think if this were implemented, not only would it reduce or eliminate energy costs for my home, it would free up existing infrastructure for the urban areas and export to Mexico or Canada and beyond.
EDIT: Also, I think the President made the right decision on Libya, as help was requested from the West by the common people who had no one else to turn to against their own government. I'd like to see Obama do more good in that area, but he has already done more than most and I totally understand that the farther he sticks his neck out the more likely it is to be on the chopping block. So far, Obama hasn't done much to piss me off, and after Bush, (as terrible as it sounds) he still seems better than a lot of other prospects.
The major exception would be
the Protect IP ActEDIT2: Also, even if you are mad at Obama for helping with Libya, you should look at this thread I'm about to link and read the OP. Remember how it was France and Great Britain who first announced support for the Libyan rebels? Guess who controls France and GB? Currently Conservative parties are in power in both France and Britain (as well as Canada and Mexico and 10 wars between us but shrug).
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=88428.0 <- read me first
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6814939.ece http://www.jigsaw.com/scid10832234/james_murdoch.xhtml?ver=5http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Murdoch_(media_executive)
http://af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFL3E7FT05I20110429http://hotterthanapileofcurry.wordpress.com/2011/03/26/murdochs-fox-news-caught-lying-by-cnn-over-claims-of-libyahuman-shield-report/