Frustration

Published: August 17, 2007, 2:37 pm

Republicans have to feel frustrated. Democrats have to feel frustrated. According to the national media, there are only three Republicans seeking their party's nomination for President. Likewise, there are three contenders for President in the party of the donkey. Trying to find out what a Huckabee, Brownback or Tancredo are doing or what they are saying requires the most dedicated search. Maybe we should rename the nomination process the Contest of the Anointed. The national media, whether print or T.V., has decided for Iowans from whom we will choose. The ones with the most money and the highest name recognition get the morning news shows, the front page of the New York Times or the Wall Street Journal and almost all of the time in the television debates, not to mention front and center placement on stage. In fact, in one recent debate, long-time senator Chris Dodd got less than ten minutes response time. But at a recent joint appearance by all the major

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