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I have been one who criticizes the demanding, destructive process known as the Presidential election process, but I am re-thinking my position. Here's why.
The process forces the candidates to face their flaws, and either improve or face the consequences. For Trump, it is his narcissism, his tendency to get into twitter battles over the irrelevant, his hesitancy to follow advice (unless the advice confirms what he thinks), his boorish behavior, and his propensity for outlandish statements. He has been charred this election cycle for such behavior, and from a number of factors, I think he has learned from his mistakes and will be less likely to engage in such errors if he becomes President. He is not going to get into personal battles over some comment he made 15 years ago, for example.
For Clinton, her flaws have been a ceaseless self-interest, an unending desire for money, use of government to profit, a paranoia about her political opponents, and a clear tendency to skirt the law if she thinks it benefits her. I have to believe she has been brutalized enough about her mistakes to learn the lesson, and will not play fast-and-loose with access to the office of Presidency for a fee, and will not engage in an endless war with her political opponents.
In either case, the brutal campaign has made both candidates likely better Presidents.
The process forces the candidates to face their flaws, and either improve or face the consequences. For Trump, it is his narcissism, his tendency to get into twitter battles over the irrelevant, his hesitancy to follow advice (unless the advice confirms what he thinks), his boorish behavior, and his propensity for outlandish statements. He has been charred this election cycle for such behavior, and from a number of factors, I think he has learned from his mistakes and will be less likely to engage in such errors if he becomes President. He is not going to get into personal battles over some comment he made 15 years ago, for example.
For Clinton, her flaws have been a ceaseless self-interest, an unending desire for money, use of government to profit, a paranoia about her political opponents, and a clear tendency to skirt the law if she thinks it benefits her. I have to believe she has been brutalized enough about her mistakes to learn the lesson, and will not play fast-and-loose with access to the office of Presidency for a fee, and will not engage in an endless war with her political opponents.
In either case, the brutal campaign has made both candidates likely better Presidents.
