Is running mate speculation the most annoying phase of a Presidential campaign?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Good God yes. It's too bad redistricting couldn't happen around the same time so we'd have something else to talk about.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

No. The worst phase is post-election night speculation on next cycle's candidates.

Are you ready for 20 poll threads about Chris Christie running in 2016?

Well that's not technically part of the campaign, but yes there's no question that the 2016 forum will be an unviewable trainwreck for at least 2 1/2 years since its creation.

I actually kind of prefer midterm elections to Presidential ones by the way, because they allow more people to make a difference and takes the races to a wider variety of places than just two or three swing states.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

No. I actually find it one of the most interesting parts, myself. Personally, I find the most annoying phaseto be the candidate selection, particularly in an open year, simply for all the incessant pretentious fanboying over particular candidates.

What the hell is interesting about constant "Post maps of Romney/XXXXXXX vs. Obama/Biden" or "What if Obama drops Biden and picks XXXXXX?" polls?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

The other thing that bugs me otherwise is it's just a right or wrong guess, there's no fun maps or anything to analyze.