December 05, 2007

Joyner

. . . on the "Is Huckabee Too Moralistic To Be President?" meme. He makes some good points. Likewise, James makes an important point here about why "retail politics" is different from what we associate with a smoothly running national campaign.

And yet, at the moment, "retail politics" is where it's at. It's like dressing for a job interview: one has to do it. Just the cost of admission. (Or, as the economists would have it, "signalling.")

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1 Huckabee isn't moral, he's a moralist. After nearly 8 years of George W. Bush, it should be apparent that piety has no bearing on one's ability to be a good president.

Posted by: Zeke at December 06, 2007 10:06 PM (XmFK6)

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