To use the analogy of a job interview, don't you think it is up to the voter to do background checks and check references before hiring the candidate?
On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 5:01 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: > > I can see this from a job interview sort of point of view. We, as > voters, are interviewing the candidates and want to know why they > would be good for the job. On the other hand, a political race differs > from a job interview in that the candidates know one another. I think > that it is reasonable for candidates to compare and contrast, since > they have knowledge of the other candidates and we, as voters, don't > get to directly ask/demand answers from the candidates for the job. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:330534 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm