French election cycles are much shorter than ours!
Seriously, we should have primaries and the election maybe over 6-8 weeks. Two years from now, we are already going to be focusing on the 2020 presidential race. Way too long a process.
The massive field on the Republican side pushed the debates back into 2015. That seemed too much for me. We didn’t need all those debates. It was more entertainment than anything else.
What I will say, it that our extended process helps us see people for who they are.
For months at a time, I was very favorable to Ted Cruz. Only after watching him for a while did I realize I wanted nothing to do with him.
A shorter process and he may have pulled one over on me.
Six weeks to two months is probably too short. In addition, with our primaries early in the year, we need to have seen the candidates present their views.
One thing I will say about this process, is that it worked out that Hillary Clinton fooled fewer people than I expected her to.
That’s certainly good.