The real downside that this current political season is exposing is that candidates who are perpetually campaigning do things that are not in the best interests of the country, or even their constituency, but rather the best interests of the special interests that they are courting.

But forget all that; Ms. Clinton objects that South Korean manufacturers sell many more cars here than do American carmakers over there. Never mind that the agreement requires Korea to remove discriminatory tariffs and taxes on U.S. cars; never mind that U.S. tariffs on Korean cars can "snap back" if Korea doesn’t keep its word. Not good enough, says Ms. Clinton. What more could she have wanted for Detroit? She won’t say.

I’m a political junkie by nature, but this current presidential campaign beginning almost 2 years before the actual election is horrifying to me. We badly need some political angioplasty.