Last night’s Republican “Presidential” debate looked more like an episode of American Idol than a serious discussion of this country’s many ills. A couple of observations:

•  Megyn Kelly looked like she’d spent nine hours in the makeup chair. The only one with more makeup on was Bret Baier. I must have missed the segment where they actually asked policy questions because it looked to me like they lobbed a couple of softballs up and then pulled out the Tim Russert “I’ve got you” pop-ups.
• Penis jokes, really?
• Have any of these jokers ever read the Federalist Papers? Is it possible that any of them even know what they are?
• Have we become such a superficial society that this quasi-reality show, made-for-TV free-for-all is what passes for serious debate? I wonder if this is how the Lincoln-Douglas debates went down?

I could go on-and-on here. In the end, one needs to circle back and read F.A. Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom, Chapter 10, “Why the Worst Get on Top”.  Beware of anyone who wants this job. Luckily the good old Founders crafted a system with checks-and-balances and a Legislative and Judicial branch to offset the Executive. The death, however, of Justice Scalia has raised the stakes in this Presidential election. The nomination (and selection) of his replacement is perhaps the most important decision left for Obama or the next President. This next Justice will impact the day-to-day life of many Americans for the next 30 years; if we don’t like the President, we can vote him/her out in four.