Our institutions were sound, our procedures set. But the drama grew wearisome. The candidates remained, resolutely, their drearily inadequate selves. The bickering seemed boundless. The news repeated itself.
Clarity is nowhere to be found, and indecision rules over all.
I look back now to a column I wrote on Oct. 25. How difficult it is to recall that expectation. Still, it's the season of gratitude and hope. We must come up with something. So here's hope that we'll bring our voting procedures out of the dark ages.