Sweaty Palms Quote of the Day

"No one runs for president anymore unencumbered by invasions of their private life and electronically generated, sensation-producing gossip and conspiratorial hints.  And the media will, all the while, pretend that what drives the day’s reporting are their attempts to uncover where the candidates stand on the issues.  Watching the 2016 campaign will take us all closer to being part of a video game, with the sweaty palms of the media at its controls."-- (emphasis added) Andrew Burstein and Nancy Isenberg, history professors at LSU, in Salon,  explaining the Republican and media frenzy over manufactured "scandals" from a historical perspective.  A good read.