Things on the whole are much faster in America; people don't 'stand for election', they 'run for office.'
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It's easier to run for office than to run the office.
It's a very tough thing to run for office, but it's also the way the American people get to know you.
In the scheme of our national government, the presidency is preeminently the people's office.
I didn't set out with the notion of running for elective office; it sort of grew over time. And I honestly at times questioned if progressive change can be effected through elected office.
One could always do more, faster and cleverer, but democracy has its own rhythm.
The United States brags about its political system, but the President says one thing during the election, something else when he takes office, something else at midterm and something else when he leaves.
Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work - that goes on, it adds up.
America is an outlier in the world of democracies when it comes to the structure and conduct of elections.
Because Washington state now votes by mail, elections here tend to play out, at an agonizingly slow speed, over many days and, sometimes, weeks.
Democracies take time.