[AZLiberty]

I like the ending:

But for all its bizarre meanderings, the endless campaign serves critical purposes.

The first two -- testing the candidates' managerial and consensus-building skills -- are undeniably useful. But like most Americans, I find it is the third -- the gratuitous humiliation of our would-be kings -- that makes it all worthwhile.

[BigAlPro]

Charles is not the first one to see the storm coming: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1803637/posts

[kellynla]

oh for the days of old when campaigns didn't start until Labor Day weekend of the election year...
and here we are a year ahead of time...