http://www.michaelshermer.com/2008/01/why-candidates-really-get-ahead/ books, essays, columns, reviews, and multimedia clips of famed skeptic Michael Shermer Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:08:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.michaelshermer.com/2008/01/why-candidates-really-get-ahead/comment-page-1/#comment-2102 Allison Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:36:14 +0000 http://www.michaelshermer.com/2008/01/why-candidates-really-get-ahead/#comment-2102 Really enjoyed this essay. Although, what can be said about the saturation of riches? Media outlets have covered Obama so much since he captured the Democratic nomination that new polls suggest the public is sick of hearing about him. Is this just how it works? Or are there social theories like the Matthew effect that explain how many riches are too much? Just curious. Really enjoyed this essay. Although, what can be said about the saturation of riches? Media outlets have covered Obama so much since he captured the Democratic nomination that new polls suggest the public is sick of hearing about him. Is this just how it works? Or are there social theories like the Matthew effect that explain how many riches are too much? Just curious.

]]> http://www.michaelshermer.com/2008/01/why-candidates-really-get-ahead/comment-page-1/#comment-881 Rick Sat, 22 Mar 2008 01:46:48 +0000 http://www.michaelshermer.com/2008/01/why-candidates-really-get-ahead/#comment-881 I agree with this piece. The media most definitely influences people's choices in candidates and that really sucks because over 90% of the media outlets are left leaning to far left. I agree with this piece. The media most definitely influences people’s choices in candidates and that really sucks because over 90% of the media outlets are left leaning to far left.

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