At last report, there were eighteen declared candidates for the Republican Party's nomination for President of the United States; more seem to be entering the campaign every twenty minutes. The Democrats are still dominated by Mrs. Clinton, but a couple of surprise candidacies have been announced, and, as many have ruefully learned, in politics anything can happen. Debates in the U.S. will begin in August, which means fourteen months of political drama not as good as "House of Cards."
Best comment so far comes from Michael Kinsley in the current issue of Vanity Fair: "Being a moron isn't necessarily a disqualification for becoming president."
Meanwhile, on our home and native turf, it is unsure whether we'll have debates at all. The only people really enjoying the pre-campaign campaign are the parties' advertising agencies. Did we see Don Draper sipping a Martini with Stephen Harper? And then later at a retro disco with Elizabeth May?
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