So....
are the choices these days so much worse than they were in the past? if so, why?
It seems like we have 4 coices (or some combination):
1) Candidates are just as good as they ever where, YOU just are paying more attention
2) Candidates are just as good as they ever where, the opposition/media/pundits/etc... have just gotten much better at eviscerating them, so they SEEM worse
3) Canditates have declined (largely because of 2-- why the hell would the real superstars subject themselves to that crap when they can just run goldman-sachs and become a bilionaire instead)
4) Candidates have declined, because society has declined... we are all f**ked.
I find it hard to believe that we just aren't putting out the same quality of people as we did inthe past (4), so either the creme-de-la-creme aren't going for the brass ring as much as they did, or we are just getting better at ripping 'em down.
I think #2 is the most correct answer.
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