You know, political campaigns have been and will continue to include an element of attack. There are different versions of attack and some are inappropriate, but some are not. Nevertheless, such attacks are inevitable.

Our country's 24/7 news coverage probably provides us with too much information, some of which does not lend itself to our intelligent perception, discussion, and absorption of issues, questions, proposals, etc. While we may inveigh against those attacks that are nothing less than pejorative, we need to preclude them from distracting us from the quality of candidates' proposals by which they would, if elected, govern us.