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of space or time devoted to political campaigns has dwindled steadily. Editors let reporters do “situationers” on campaigns at lengthy intervals and even then the stories are usually dominated by horse race, charge and counter-charge reporting rather than any rational discussion of the issues.
So to get attention of a fickle public that strangely doesn’t seem to care who makes the laws that govern them, candidates must bring in expensive spin doctors who prescribe expensive direct mailing and saturation television campaigns whose costs escalate all the time. And those candidates who manage to win public office, must constantly engage in fund raising in order to be prepared to meet the opposition when the next election rolls around.
Believe it or not, many candidates hate the process of begging for money, but have no choice but to engage in it. I have known politicals who positively cringe when they have to pick up a phone and call Mr. X, representative of Special Interest Y, and ask for sizable campaign donation from the Acme Widget Manufacturers Association. But they end up doing it
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