Then make him the chairman of the hospitality committee. Liking somebody doesn’t mean that they would make a good President of the United States.

As far as liking goes, I would probably like him too, if I knew him personally. But I could never vote for him for President with a clear conscience. At the very least he should have been a governor for one term or a senator for more than one term. (And a real senator–not one who has spent most of his term campaigning.) Then, of course, he would have to have policy positions that would be good for the country, which he mostly doesn’t.

I don’t appreciate it when anyone suggests that such political strategies are the sole domain of the Republican Party. MoveOn, anyone?

As long as there have been politicians, they have done whatever they thought they had to in order to gain or hold on to power. And political party has nothing to do with it.

I’ve been a close observer of presidential elections, and other elections, and I can tell you that the candidate’s character and qualifications have always come up, as they should.

What I would prefer the media focus on is the truth or non-truth of the various claims and counter-claims. That’s all that matters.

I don’t understand what’s so wrong about asking those questions. He wants to be the President of the United States, for Heaven’s sake, so he ought to be willing to prove that he is ready to do the job. Don’t you think?