It would be difficult to find two authors better versed in our electoral process and in the irregularities that threaten it than John Fund and Hans Von Spakovsky.
The institutionalist gave way to the free agent, who controlled his own fund-raising apparatus and media presence, and whose electoral base was a patchwork of single-issue groups.
Mr. Fund, a veteran political journalist, has written extensively on electoral irregularities for the Wall Street Journal, The New Republic, and other publications.