US Presidential Marathon: Getting To Know Hillary Clinton And Obama
THE US presidential campaign goes on for two years. It is a test of endurance, seeing how long the agonists can carry on in a consistent voice and how much the voters can take of Hilary Clinton, Barack Obama and the rest.
Charles Krauhammer writes in the Washington Post:
The final function of the endless campaign, and perhaps the most psychologically important, is to satisfy the American instinct for egalitarianism. We have turned the presidential campaign into a pleasingly degrading ordeal — pleasing, that is, to the electorate. The modern presidential campaign is meant to be physically exhausting and spiritually humbling almost to the point of humiliation. Candidates spend two years and more on bended knee begging for money, votes and handshakes in a diner.
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