There’s obviously a difference of presidential campaign strategy here, but maybe also something more. Jeb Bush practiced extreme transparency even as governor of Florida, later releasing 280,000 personal emails, including some he himself described as “a little embarrassing.” Back in 2009, long before she could have known that her next bid for the Democratic nomination would be effectively uncontested, Hillary Clinton took her demand for privacy to the extreme of using a personally owned email server for her communications as secretary of state.
No, what we’re seeing from these two leading candidates are deep personality traits that developed long before the 2016 campaign began—and will continue into their presidencies, should either win the presidency. No one becomes more accessible, more forthcoming, more candid, more unentitled in office than as a candidate. A candidate who is already the inaccessible, unforthcoming, uncandid, and highly entitled will only become that much more so if elected. The voters have been warned—and will continue to be warned. But will they care?
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