31.   Now racial politics is becoming a subtler game.

32.   Or simply one more sign that the Apocalypse is upon us, that phony entertainment and phony politics have become indistinguishable?

33.   Politics has become a contact sport, a blood sport, to use two cliches.

34.   Politics has become a numbers racket, and opinion polls have become the instrument for rigging the game.

35.   Politics have become too complex for a candidate to be unequivocally liberal, moderate or conservative, he said.

36.   Presidential politics has become a parade of the undead.

37.   Politics became an abiding passion, one he would impart to the Globe.

38.   Politics became just another business, because being a politician meant you could or could not give stamps of approval.

39.   Politics has become show business, so the networks are reviewing the show, and analyzing message it means to send.

40.   The politics could become even more volatile.