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The Longest Campaign Ever... Why?

By W. James Antle, III on 11.4.08 @ 5:33PM

Here's a question worth pondering no matter what happens tonight: Was there any point to the 2007 stretch of this painfully long campaign? For most of 2007, the polls suggested a Rudy Giuliani versus Hillary Clinton race. John McCain was broke and sinking in the polls. Barack Obama let his historic opportunity pass him by. Even most black voters preferred Hillary for the Democratic nomination. None of this, it is now obvious, turned out to be true. Giuliani didn't even win a single primary. Hillary is now stumping, however reluctantly, for Obama. Did we really need to go through the first stretch of a campaign that only professionals paid any attention to and didn't turn out to matter?

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Robert Stacy McCain| 11.4.08 @ 5:58PM

Jim, who ever seriously believed Giuliani would be a contender for the nomination? The idea was idiocy from Day One, and only got pumped up because so many of the NY-based media (including National Review) kept shilling for Giuliani.

Robert C. Antle MD retired| 11.4.08 @ 6:22PM

For James Antle: What is your background--state, etc? Our Antles from KY via Peter Antle who left Rotterdam Holland and arrived in Philadelphia, Pa. 11/11/1771. We Antles have spread about the country like a branching tree. You must know of the lettuce Antles from Salinas/
Best of luck. RC Antle