Legal Commentary

The wisdom of U.S. Presidential campaigns

By Tom Kirkendall

Much is wrong with U.S. Presidential campaigns. They last much too long, are far too expensive and the rhetoric is mostly mind-numbing.

However, for all its faults, the messy process does have a way of eliminating the candidates that need to be weeded out (see also here and here).

By the way, Megan McArdle has the New York City perspective on Giuliani's withdrawal.

Full post as published by Houston's Clear Thinkers on January 31, 2008 (boomark / email).