Campaign 2008

Is anyone else amazed by how much time our elected leaders spend campaigning, on our dollar? After all, many of the people running for the presidency are working as public servants. A quick look at the Washington Post article on the candidates, http://projects.washingtonpost.com/2008-presidential-candidates/
shows 17 listed candidates, 10 working as elected officials. How can you do your job if you are all over the country shaking hands every day?

I would like to pull the same stunt with my boss- hey, i'm going to travel around the country for a year or two and you're going to pay and shake hands and I don't know, if you are all over the country and you're going to pay me.