part of the Presidential Election process.

Used to be intended to resolve who the candidates for Us President and [Us Vice President] would be.

But since that's always settled in advance these days, what is the point of having it?

• free advertising on TV (even if the networks cover less and less each time)?

• To gather together rich folks to fleece more money from them?

• To reward the [Party Hack]-s to keep the fleecing machine going?

• Jeff Jarvis suggests changes to make it relevant again. Which are really changes to the Two Party System overall...

And since the process is designed to be surprise-free, why do 15,000 people need to cover it?

• [Walter Mears] said it's a [Class Reunion] for Big Media people. But I don't think these companies piss money away like that these days.

• Jeff Jarvis explains what he would do if he ran a news department

• maybe it's a form of Reality Tv, trying to catch a screw-up for everyone's amusement?

• Should WebLog authors just BoyCott the bloody thing?

  • one idea: pick a single issue and spend the whole time trying to get a clear policy plank from someone in the campaign.

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