There are a host of nobodies and almost-nobodies trying to gain their parties' nominations this year. Those who have little or no chance of winning the nomination are engaged in very public ego trips, and to what end?
One of the "dwarfs" in the presidential sweepstakes, Tommy Thompson, has had a belated moment of self-insight and withdrawn from the Republican race for the party nomination. A New York Times article about the withdrawal is here.
Now if we can only weed out a bit more of the "underbrush" in these two fields, the debates may become worth a watcher's time. I have not been able to bring myself to watch one yet.
