With the midterms now behind us, the political world has already shifted to speculation about the next presidential race. While I am not quite ready to make any horse race bets, I will venture to make an even bolder prediction: will be the election when policy makes a comeback.
At risk of being accused of romanticizing the past, I will freely acknowledge that there was never any golden age in which presidential campaigns were focused on sober-minded discussions about the finer points of policy. Go back through the decades, and in every election, you will find complaints about how elections were much more focused on personalities and trivial matters than serious issues.
