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Thus their major themes amounted to political posturing.
At a time when Virginia faces a crisis in transportation, a crisis in health care, a crisis in education and a crisis in fiscal management, said Sabato, those difficult complex issues that require innovative thinking were all but ignored.
And yet, he said, he did not blame either the candidates, their consultants or the media who cover state politics.
The job of candidates and those who advise candidates, Sabato told his audience, is to win elections. That is the bottom line, for political campaigns are not lectures on civic responsibility or good government. They must focus on reality and w hat messages will appeal to the most voters.
As for the media, he said, political reporters must report on what the candidates are actually saying and doing, not what someone wishes they were saying and doing. And besides that, he added wryly, the media depends for its existence on its readers and listeners and can hardly insult them by charging that abomi
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