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Opinion: Our presidential elections last far too long
White House 2019
The White House on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., is pictured May 24, 2019. - photo by Associated Press
When October started, a dismal thought hit me: We have another year of presidential campaigning. That’s useless and annoying.Another 12 months of campaigning is useless because we are well past the 1940s when Harry Truman made “whistle stop” speeches cross-country, standing on the back of a train while a curious crowd gathered to see and hear the candidate “in person.”