Substance
The news that Guiliani’s daughter doesn’t think enough of her Dad to vote for him causes me to do my best Nelson Muntz impression and give a good “HAW Haw!” It’s not really a surprise after all that Rudy’s kids hate him. Otherwise, it isn't a terribly important piece of news.
It does bring to mind a post by Michael van der Galien where he wishes for more substance in the US electoral campaign. Given that so far, the major news of the campaign seems to be Obama's skin colour and what kind of school he attended when he was five, Edward’s haircuts, Romney’s facials and how he treated the family dog, Hillary’s cleavage, Fred Thompson’s wife, and now Guiliani's daughter's Facebook page, I think he, and everyone else, may be wishing in vain.
The major media organizations are now mostly in an entertainment mode, and stories like those above are far more entertaining than what candidates actually plan to do once they’re in office. Outside of that small minority of us in the blogosphere that actually pay close attention to what candidates say about their policies, most people don’t have enough information to get beyond the, “who would I like to have a beer with?” stage.
It does explain why we all seem to have such trouble finding good leaders, though.
