Politics Is Not A Celebrity Contest

Courtesy Donklephant  Sun, 11/29/2009 - 11:10pm

One of the principle ideas of American politics was that the country should be run by intelligent, capable people who, at least collectively, can make informed decisions on the nation’s most pressing issues, without worrying about personal popularity beyond the general happiness of their constituents.

Sadly, this seems to be a quickly fading idea.  As the election cycles press continually on, each election requires ever greater funding to have even a chance at success, banking more on populist...


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