<![CDATA[RealClearPolitics - Articles by Andrea Neal]]>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/authors/?id=17542Author <![CDATA[No Way to Pick a President]]> Thu, 26 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Bring back the smoke-filled rooms, please. Without the smoke. Thoughtful deliberation by political insiders intent on winning the general election would produce far better candidates for president than the mass-media vetting process we use now.

Gov. Mitch Daniels decided against a run for the White House because his family didn't want to endure a national campaign and all that comes with it. Who can blame them?

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