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Thread: US PRES. ELECTION; Why does it take a whole year?

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    As well as being great for the media to make a few dollars, it's great for the incumbent to give the opposition as much time and opportunity as possible to fill each other's boats with holes.

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    The amount of money spent over the course of the election campaigns by all the candidates is unspeakable, a sin and a basically putting lipstick on a bulldog. Longer campaigns means more money being spent across the board, whether it be on their make-up artists to their nutritionists right down to the guys who remove their nasal hair.
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    Isn't it a way of ensuring that US politicians do nothing useful?
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    It was worse in 2008! With no incumbent President or VP seeking the nomination, there were vacancies in both parties.
    Several of the candidates launched exploratory committees in early 07, almost two years before the election.
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    Canadians look south and wonder why the fuss, when it produces mediocrity as a result everytime.....
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mercurial View Post
    It's not unusual for soap operas to run year round, is it?


    By dragging it out there is bigger impression of 'democracy'.

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