Florence King

Three men and a vote

The contest for the Republican nomination is stuck in the rogues’ gallery stage

issue 25 February 2012

The contest for the Republican nomination is stuck in the rogues’ gallery stage

Fredericksburg, Virginia


An election year in America is just that — a year. The 2012 race has just kicked off and still has eight months to go, but it is already having a critical effect on me: keeping up with the contest for the Republican nomination makes me want to run away and join the ladies’ auxiliary of the French Foreign Legion.

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