There is something grand about democracy and letting voters make
up their own minds. Perhaps in an internet age and with grass roots
organizing we have just passed the time when leaders can tell folks
who they should vote for. Ronald Reagan certainly played that to
the hilt with union members. Perhaps all the candidates who were in
the hunt for a consensus endorsement can now cease straining for
approval from leadership and go out and campaign the old fashioned
way. Well that and buy millions of dollars of ad time.
UPDATE: Pehaps it has already had a liberating impact on
Thompson.