I agree with most of what's already been posted - the war, health care, economy, personal freedoms, education - the chinese imports is a good one too. I think we need to do a lot of work to repair relations with other countries globally. I think that politicians spend too much time talking about non-issues that gets everyone fired up because they don't know what to do about the real issues like the war or health care reform. So they throw up smoke screens to get everyone up in arms, be it Terry Schiavo or Sex Scandal of the Month or whatever.
I do not believe that morals and family values are political. Everyone has morals. Everyone has values. It's just that we might not all agree on the same morals or values. That can't be legislated. Morals and values are taught by parents.

I was raised as a conservative republican, but I have libertarian leanings, strong libertarian leanings. I have become disgusted with both republican and democratic parties.

I honestly don't believe anything can get done because they are all worried about is getting re-elected. There are very few in Washington who actually want to get something done, and get it done right. But I digress. Here are my issues:

1. The tax system. It's a mess. It penalizes people who work for a living (did you know that 50% of Americans pay 96% of the taxes, and that if you gross $90K/year you are considered in teh top 10% of income earners, and that group alone pays 36% of all taxes paid???); it penalizes small businesses; and it's own employees can't even figure it out.

2. Immigration. Again, it's a mess. I am all for immigration - Hell, my great grandparents emmigrated from Italy. However, I believe in doing it legally. We live in a country with a Rule of Law; by coming into this country illegally, you are breaking the law. We must first secure our borders and then work on what to do with the estimated 20 million illegal immigrants.

3. Health Care and the Insurance Lobby - this one just creeps me out. We are moving closer and closer to socialized medicine, and it's a bad idea. We need to get the insurance companies out of the legislative process; put limits on malpractice claims so that doctor's can actually afford their insurance, and do something with the pharmacutical companies (although what I don't know, b/c it's a double edged sword: they spend a boat load of money on research, and we have some wonderful new drugs; but I think something needs to be done about how a drug is brought to market).

4. Education - I believe in school choice and vouchers. If you want to send your child to private school, you should be able to do that. I believe that competition will make public schools better, and will help make our kids smarter. Oh, and I also think that we should scrap the SOLs and go back teaching the basics.

5. Less Government - smarter government. I know, I know, but a girl can dream, can't she?