And that highlighted part
The solution is to put on a show?
Politics as entertsinment. Great who wins that contest?
As long as this show doesnt overlap the Olympics or the NFL pre-season games, surely people will watch.
One of the basic problems with that snippet is that candidates must be nominees and register in Ohio earlier than the DNC convention.
So if there is no nominee before August 7th or 8th, no Ohio. So Whomever will only be on 49 ballots because Ohio is run by jerks.
Maybe it is brought up elsewhere
I'm convinced that many political journalists are operating on the assumption that they have *no influence*, that they're simply watching events unfold in a vacuum alongside everyone else, and have no higher duty than to maximize entertainment value for themselves and others.
I don't know if it's affirming knowing that I could do a better job of commenting on politics than these people, or enraging to know that they're being paid six figures to poison the well.
Going to the coliseum in ancient Rome probably had a different feel if you were sitting in the stands vs. down in the dirt. I feel like right now democracy is down in the dirt and most journalists are just sitting in the stands eating snacks and hoping for a good show.
