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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Anyone have an explanation of why we're seeing such bad candidates contesting elections? Are there just not enough regular citizens participating at the nomination level to ensure moderate, reasonably normal candidates win the nomination? How can we inject more mainstream participation into politics at that level?
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I think that there are lots of reasons that all end with the mutterred word Politics.
How many times in the nominee process have we see side deals or strategic voting and someone unexpected barges up the middle.
Or the party is convinced that name recognition is the way to go (Ford, Truduea) or a specific type of candidate instead of the right candidate (Singh). Its almost as if where conventional wisdom is to draft BPA, the parties are drafting based on a stereotypical need. We need someone hip, or are twitter or facebook stars, but they never ask, are they capable of doing the job?
I tend to think that most competent smart people are starting to stay away from public service leaving it to the derps.
I mean frankly who wants a job where your personal life is scrutinized, your family acted, and you basically get back stabbed and sucker punched every day while making a decision that no matter what it is, is going to piss people off.