Every election, a presidential candidate inevitably proposes a new cabinet agency. The idea is that this is the only way to solve a particular problem. Just create more government.

A new idea is like carbonated liquid in a bottle. You just sort of shake it until the cork pops, then you write and write.

Every four years in the presidential election, some new precedent is broken.

When a presidential candidate is publicly requesting help from the Russians, you know that there is something seriously going wrong in the USA.

Try, if you will, to imagine Dwight Eisenhower or JFK or Lyndon Johnson or, for that matter, Ronald Reagan chin-wagging with Jack Paar or Johnny Carson. Richard Nixon did, famously, go on 'Laugh In' in 1968, but as a candidate; and to his credit, he rued the day and hated every second of it.

Election isn't about choosing the right person; it's about choosing the right candidate from the voter's view point.