Shorten the Campaigns

I think presidential campaigns - particularly for the party nomination have become far too long. They no longer provide a fair vetting process but merely a test of how politically cunning each candidate can be.

Financing a campaign of such longevity requires enormous amounts of money which means fund raising. And, in that process, the potential for corruption (okay, serious corruption) grows. Does the ability to secure massive campaign funds necessarily equate to leadership ability or something else?

I think the idea of "democratically" elected office holders should be changed to those elected that know someone and/or are will ling to compromise their ethics.

Now we find ourselves looking (hoping?) for a candidate to somehow self-destruct, savoring their downfall and welcoming another decision made for us lest we have to continue to think and evaluate. It also makes for great news and raw meat for the braying media hounds to render into pieces of destroyed hope and perhaps career.