Actually it’s no longer a year and a half.
It’s now 15 months.
What we’re doing now, is learning about the candidates. Then we will make some decisions about who we are going to run, then the two sides will compete, that really starts to get up to speed around November of this year.
It is early still, but things matter. Even now.
Sorry. 17 months. Bad math (carry the two...)
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We can quibble about the timeline but the point stands: these people, including the media, know sod all about the candidates and their positions, with the possible exception of the exclamatory Trump, primarily because the candidates are drilled and programmed to avoid positions.
You and I may be learning about the candidates but Joe Thumbsucker in East Jesus, IA probably isn’t and won’t.