“Voters like to fall in love with presidential candidates, at least a l...” — Cass Sunstein Quote

Voters like to fall in love with presidential candidates, at least a little bit.

Donald Trump may not speak explicitly of 'who we are,' but with his promise to make America great again, he engages in his own kind of identity politics, signaling that the nation has lost its sense of self. That gets to people.

The U.S. is an optimistic nation. No candidate has ever won the American presidency by speaking primarily to people's deepest fears and by manufacturing a sense of apocalypse - that our leaders 'can't do anything right,' that things are utterly falling apart.

This part of the 21st century is preoccupied with risk, and there's a lot that law can do to make lives longer and healthier.

Why is it always liberals who seem so genuinely, overtly surprised when black candidates are viable candidates, and in their surprise, evoke old, damaging stereotypes about them? If you'll excuse a Bushism, I think it's because much of their political philosophy and existence depends upon misunderestimating minorities.

I consider my voice to be a centrist moderate voice among the nine Democratic candidates.

The only thing about politics I do discuss is, be into them: Read what's online. Read what the candidates are talking about. Try to understand why people are fighting over what the candidates are standing for.

Research has shown that the perceived style of leadership is by far the most important thing to most voters in evaluating officeholders and candidates.