Often Wondered About This Myself

Why would a sane person ever consent to run for elected office in this country? It's like participating in a beauty contest that lasts for months and ends up with snarky folks like me saying snarky things about you. To everybody. Forever I mean who would think this was an agreeable way to make a living? Who.....Oh. Well, I guess this person for one.

Christopher Hitchens notes:

I could introduce you to dozens of enthusiastic and intelligent people, highly aware of "the issues" and very well-informed on all questions from human rights to world trade to counterinsurgency, to none of whom it would occur to subject themselves to what passes for the political "arena." They are willing to give up potentially more lucrative careers in order to work on important questions and expand the limits of what is currently thinkable politically, but the great honor and distinction of serving their country in the legislature is only offered to them at a price that is now way too steep.