Hi charles,

>>About media complexity. I really cannot judge as I really don't know. Can you say why you think your media is more complex than ours ? Just because of size or other reasons ?
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>No, just meant the number of different TV markets in which you would have to make a buy to reach the electorate, the number of papers etc.

Well, that is not an issue here at all. Up here the media comes to you in stead of you having to buy the media. Just orgamize a press conference and you'll get the attention you need. IOW it is not money driven.

>Didn't mean to disparage Holland in any way, just to point out that the physical size of the U.S. and the multiplicity of the media makes running for any office - much less a national one - incredibly expensive and complex.

I wanted to point out that this maybe not so expensive and complex in the dutch system regardless of the size and complexity of a country, simply the system works differently.

Walter,