We'll assume that gentle readers by now know all about George Allen's recent unfortunate remark. If "a majority of Virginians" know about it, certainly our sophisticated readership does as well.
We will confine ourselves to this observation. We believe that Allen's implosion as a national candidate was inevitable. And we think it a blessing to the GOP that it happened before the presidential nominating process began in earnest. Now his diehard conservative supporters can recover their senses and reorganize themselves to support some candidate with the ability to win a general election.
Many in our republic decry the length of time devoted to presidential campaigning. On aesthetic grounds, we join them. But the perpetual campaign may yet have a salutary effect along the lines of social Darwinism. "Survival of the fittest" takes time. Our drawn-out campaigns at least provide the circumstances to exterminate the least able candidates.
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