Next time, we need a better campaign

It has been a gruelling presidential campaign for all the participants. One by one the candidates have been subjected to intense and unmerciful scrutiny by the media; one by one they have wilted under it. Some have been crushed by it.

It has often been harsh, but it has been necessary. This is what a campaign is: a searching job interview conducted largely by the media on the voters' behalf. Some people no ...