I hate to tell you

I know, amateur political strategy is a mug's game. However...

© 2011 Steven R. Shook, used under a Creative Commons License

I can’t help it. I gotta say it. But first I have to explain:

I’ve written that one key to getting through this whole mess we’re in is not pretending to be engaged in the business of political campaign strategy — i.e. “a version of main-character syndrome, in which the author imagines him- or …