The other night on NBC Nightly News, Brian Williams made the observation that following the Republican convention, the time we will have to choose our next President is "incredibly short". Well, perhaps you might look at it that way, but in my opinion the selection process has taken an incredibly long time.
For more than two years already, the process has been going on. Do you remember the endless debates week after week with a string of candidates on a stage all saying the same thing? Do you remember how each state became the most important ever in selecting the winner as their election dates approached?
We have known each parties apparent winers for months now. I don't believe that there are more than a few people who have not made up their minds as to how they are going to vote.
My wife has an idea that adds an interesting twist. She thinks that the process could be shortened and improved if each candidate would announce his or her running mate on the same day that the hat is tossed into the ring. It would indeed separate the wheat from the chaff expeditiously.
Waiting for candidates to announce their choices is like waiting for Bret Favre to make up his mind.
