The Democrats’ Empty Celebrity Candidates

On the menu today: Both the Republican Party and the Democratic Party have their share of celebrity candidates, but the Republicans’ celebrity candidates, if defeated, are likely to go away. The Democratic celebrity candidates of recent cycles keep demonstrating a peculiar ability to turn their failures into greater fame and continue to reappear on the national stage.

The Curse of the Celebrity Candidate

This cycle, Republicans have gotten grief, some of it deserved, about “celebrity candidates.” Mehmet Oz is learning that running for Senate is harder than hosting a daytime...