GETTING RID OF THE PERSONAL IN THE POLITICAL.

The author expresses her disdain for the way political campaigns as of 2012 have placed too much emphasis on the home lives of candidates as a way of humanizing them and gaining votes, suggesting it distracts from the more important political issues. She focuses particularly on the candidates in the U.S. 2012 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney. Inflation, the unstable housing market, and voter fraud are issues she posits as requiring more attention.