Oh, I'm not happy with it. I just regard it as inevitable, that's all. That's how the system works. It is amoral. That is not to say that I am or that I approve of such ammorality.

Obama must say what a clear majority of voters want to hear or he won't get elected. He must also avoid saying things that the party machine that's backing him doesn't want to hear him say.

This will require evasiveness, grandstanding, chest-pounding declarations of patriotism, constant appeals to people's most primitive emotions, glittering generalities to make people feel good, a certain number of outright lies, and a certain number of misleading statements, plus a bunch of promises that cannot possibly be fully met. And that will entail a certain amount of betrayal and reversal of position after being elected. This is so for either Obama or McCain.

It makes me wonder why anyone would even want to run for president of the USA. You'd have to be either incredibly ambitious or maybe a little bit crazy.