If both presidential candidates are as terrible as their opponents say they are, why can neither pull ahead in the polls?

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According to news stories, with less than three weeks to go, the U.S. presidential election is a dead heat. And since I’m not one of those pundits who expects rapturous applause for saying “time may tell” or that it hinges on swing states and demographics, I’m instead going to ask what the heck is wrong with you people.

I don’t mean American voters. Well, not all of them. I mean the political parties. Because according to pundits, many news stories and certainly both parties, your opponent stinks so badly he or she could knock a buzzard off a manure wagon.

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Donald Trump is widely and convincingly depicted as a narcissistic bullying fantasist who’s too lazy and self-absorbed to do the work of chief executive, and Kamala Harris as a giddy cackling nitwit who’s too ignorant and flighty to do it. But if it’s true, I ask both parties, why are you struggling so mightily to pull ahead?

It’s not the first election where you wonder how on earth both parties could have found such miserable........

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