Matthew Yglesias laments that no one is taking Bill Richardson's presidential campaign at all seriously because he's short on celebrity, even though he's got qualifications up the wazoo (served in congress, energy secretary, ambassador to the UN). Today we seem to care less about demonstrated competence and experience than celebrity, fame, likeability.
I'm usually skeptical of the amount of influence the media has on our thinking, but the media strike me as the obvious source of this phenomenon. Is the populace really clamoring for celebrity politicians over career civil servants? I do believe that in a democracy you get the government you deserve, and America really does seem to deserve a Hilton/Richie administration.
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