How unsuccessful a salesman would be if on half of his calls he failed to identify himself correctly! I've learned from the sales business the importance of that first step.
In the glamour and excitement of an election campaign it is easy to be swept along with the ups and downs of opinion polls and the general razzmatazz of speechmaking and rallies.
You and I may have come a long way from the old theological belief that if evil befalls someone, it is because God is frowning on him and punishing him for his sins.
