November 5, 2025

Anybody that wants the presidency so much that he’ll spend two years organizing and campaigning for it is not to be trusted with the office.

David Broder (1929–2011), American journalist, Washington Post, 18 July 1973, Jay p.57

Are you with Broder—distrustful of fully-committed candidates, or against him: believing anyone ready to slog away at so remote a goal must have the stamina the role requires.

How times have changed! Now if you can’t last the two year period leading up to every presidential election, you were never fit for the job.