DA>JR> Thats before expenses, and two would create too many choices for a
DA>JR> reasonable selection.  Just think of it as going into the voting
DA>JR> booth this November and having to choose from 1000 candidates for
DA>JR> President. What are the odds that a total "idiot" could get elected?
DA>JR>  I would bet a lot less than the odds of the best 35 being selected.
DA>A few years back, I was involved in a project where I analyzed *all* the
DA>FEC records that were available on magnetic tape. One thing that I
DA>discovered is that *hundreds* of people run for president every
DA>election. Only the ballot qualifications that the states set up keep the
DA>number of choices down.
DA>It still doesn't prevent "total idiots" from getting elected.
Agreed.  There has to be some sort of reasonable criteria to
separate the real dingbats from the real candidates.  Maybe one
of these days we will discover what that process is.
        JR
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