Antoninus, if better men don’t run, and the public doesn’t pick the better man, this will continue.
Bush had $70 million dollars in his war chest by about September of 1999. That was a huge obsticle for other candidates to overcome, and if you look at it another way, it’s a huge obsticle for the segment of the public whose heads are in the right place, to overcome as well.
I have grave concerns again this year. I am not convinced that the better candidate will win, and if we have come to the place where citizens can no longer understand who the better candidate is, then perhaps it’s time this nation move aside. It will not continue to lead on this course.