| As much as many politicians complain about life on | | | | life the different color tee placements on a golf |
| the campaign trail, it is hard to believe that many | | | | course. You have long hitters and short hitters but |
| of them willingly extended its length. With very | | | | they call must remember that the race for |
| few exceptions, candidates began jockeying for | | | | president is not a sprint, it is a marathon. |
| position over a year prior to the earliest primary. | | | | In addition to having more time to get their |
| While many may claim the early bird gets the | | | | message out to the voters, the voters also have |
| worm, other may be sitting back and waiting for | | | | more time to better know the candidates...as well |
| the worms to be gone and slip in for the real | | | | as change their minds. Traditionally, the more a |
| meat. | | | | politician talks, the more they say that probably |
| Perhaps there's a need for such a long-running | | | | shouldn't be said and the extra campaign time |
| campaign, even if it only serves to insulate the | | | | gives all the candidates more time to make fools |
| citizens to the political rhetoric that will flow | | | | of themselves on an equal footing. No matter |
| heavier down the pike. With the first primaries still | | | | how hard they try, they will verbally slip up and |
| several months away, the traditional start of | | | | spend their extra time claiming, "That's not what I |
| election season, Labor Day, could now be viewed | | | | meant..... |
| as the starting point for the late entries. Kind of | | | | |