Essay: A Candidate with a Vision

Hard as it is to take, the reason that none of the presidential candidates is . espousing a vision of America's future may be that there is no vision of America's future to be espoused. Citizen complaints suggest otherwise; if there is a general grousing point about the current 13, it is that much of the time they sound like tinkers or social science teachers, including candidates like Paul Simon and Pat Robertson from whom, for quite different reasons, the public might expect the expression of some grand comprehensive picture of national prospects. But, in fact, by speaking practically, the candidates...

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