Reagan "has Conducted An Arms Race On

We Are Creating A Political Demolition Derby, Not A Presidential Debate. Those Strange Impulses In The American Soul That Have Produced Mud Wrestling And The Gong Show Seem To Have Claimed The National Campaign.

In This Era Of World Leadership, The Metal Detector Is The Altar And The Minicam May Be God.

The Legions Of Reporters Who Cover Politics Don't Want To Quit The Clash And Thunder Of Electoral Combat For The Dry Duty Of Analyzing The Federal Budget. As A Consequence, We Have Created The Perpetual Presidential Campaign.

In Just 20 Years Terrorism, Communications, The Jet Plane And The Increase Of Wealth And Knowledge Have Forced, To Varying Degrees, World Leaders Into A Haunted And Secret Peerage Whose Links With The People They Guide Are Meticulously Cleansed And Staged.

A White House Dinner Is The American Family Assembled, From Labor Leaders To Billionaires, Actors, Architects, Academicians And Athletes.