Good question Ted, maybe we SHOULD revisit a psychological reason:
By Ted Widmer, Sunday, September 21, 2008; Page B01
After a nerve-rattling week in which the U.S. financial system was shaken to the core, here’s a simple question: Why on Earth would anyone want to be president right now?
THIS STORY
Aftershocks: When a New President Inherits a Mess
Monday, Sept. 22, 2 p.m.
ET: Outlook: No White House Honeymoon
[Even in the best of times, it’s a grueling job. But the problems of 2008 seem unusually intractable, and despite the fine talk one sometimes hears about reconciliation, the electorate will be divided no matter who wins in November. Even Bush’s snarkiest critics would have had trouble predicting all the rough weather of the second term, from Hurricane Katrina to the smoldering wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to the bursting of the housing bubble, the financial meltdown and the Recession That Dare Not Speak Its Name. Would any sane person want to inherit this?…]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/19/AR2008091902803.html
At 35% of the population in CA, alone, You can bet McCain and Obama are not taking the Hispanic community for granted! Has anyone heard a word about an attempt to woo Asian voters? (more…)
Grab and Keel 