And, I don't want to belabor the obvious, but - she is a woman, and it was great having a woman run for president. Money has dominated the 2000 primary season. In addition to Dole, John Kasich, Lamar Alexander and Dan Quayle have quit the race because they couldn't compete with the big-money candidates. It would have been nice to see these candidates stay in the race at least through the primary to get a realistic sense of their popularity with voters. New Hampshire's Republicans won't get a chance to say how they feel about these four.
Money is a distraction.
People running for public office have to spend more of their time raising money instead of doing their jobs. Even worse, raising money has become their job. That's not what we elected them to do. People of more modest means feel disenfranchised. We are out of the loop.