With the end of the nominating process, American politics leaves logic behind.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The main reason we've been the party out of power so long is we haven't had a good nominating process.
I don't care who does the electing, so long as I get to do the nominating.
Party machinery is not a fortuitous development, but is the direct result of the requirements of practical politics. The necessity of nominating candidates for offices leads inevitably to the development of caucuses and conventions.
I don't think there is anything more bitter in American politics than a close election.
Friends, there is no Left in American politics.
We can take this country back. All we need is to nominate the right candidate. It's no more complicated than that.
Elections are about choosing sides, but inaugurations are about closing ranks.
Is there decency left in American politics?
Politics are well past logic. It's entertainment.
Nobody understood better than Mr. Lincoln the obvious truth that in politics it does not suffice merely to nominate candidates. Something must also be done to elect them.
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