The never-ending presidential campaign is enough to overload anyone's senses. The themes and messages are mind-numbingly discombobulated — race, class, flag lapel pins, NAFTA, bowling photo-ops, Iraq and, of course, endless promises of "real change." It is like the head-pounding noise of bad heavy metal music, but the subliminal message isn't a satanic code — it's one telling us that presidential campaigns are always the most important arenas of democracy.

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