Presidential Politics

Pretty much, my thoughts on the subject of the Presidential selection process and, for the most part, politics in general, can be summed up in these two chapters from about a century ago:

chapter 8: Why Great Men Are Not Chosen Presidents

http://oll.libertyfund.org/?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=809&chapter=4497&layout=html&Itemid=27

and

chapter 58: Why the Best Men Do Not Go Into Politics
http://oll.libertyfund.org/?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=697&chapter=106400&layout=html&Itemid=27

I love Viscount Bryce's American Commonwealth. It makes for an interesting counterpoint to de Tocqueville.

For Galaxy

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