It's rather fitting that the Super Tuesday primaries follow Superbowl Sunday because there'll be lots of armchair quarterbacking in both cases. In this respect, the pundits and the ballgame analysts are mirror images of each other, more interested in outcomes rather than the game itself. All the chatter in the news is what it has been from the start: color commentary on what the candidates need to do to win, followed by a roundup of why they lost (hint: they didn't get enough votes).But in the end, it's not about who the winner is in these contests. Not really. For the game, it's really about the fans. The entire season led up to this game. The election is about the republic and the voters who ostensibly own it. I am reminded of something Ralph Nader said during a stop at Indiana University. He said we should be regarding our elected officials with the same rigor that we regard our sports heroes. That we should be looking as closely at their records as closely as we look at a player's statistics.
If we're going to engage in armchair quarterbacking in the coming days, lets at least ensure that the judgements are informed.
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