Politics and media combine has been a negative impact on our society for the main being that the level of competition shown between candidates has been overwhelmed and exposed with disruptive behavior as of calling each other out with campaign commercials and interviews. It is not how it use to be when a person is running for an elective term, they sit that person down and get their full knowledge of how they are going to change America and its problems. Now its all about who has the biggest popular name out there and who's been on television especially on stations that are most watched so that they can win peoples hearts and votes through manipulation of their speeches is the guy who would win. Its very annoying when you have an idiot who runs for an elective position and people really don't try to get information from this person to see if he or she knows what they are doing. Like Sara Pelin or however you spell her name. She is the governor of Alaska.. No one pays attention to what goes on in Alaska and she ran for an elective position and people actually voted for her, but when they interviewed her she looked like a complete idiot and people stopped voting for her. Thats how it should happen, the old fashion sit down and ask questions will get the knowledge out of those who runs for these positions. Any one can go out now and run for a spot in the white house and its sad.