“All I’ll say for now is that we are presented with two facts.... First, people are disappointed with the present field of candidates, and secondly, it’s a bunch of Yalies,” says Peter P. Buttigieg ’04, president of the IOP’s Student Advisory Committee. “I’ll leave it to others to put two and two together.”
Glickman identifies Harvard’s forgiving nature as the reason these Yalies were allowed to come to speak at Harvard at the IOP Forum this year.
“We offer redemption and rehabilitation for every sinner,” he says.
But he also suggests a practical reason for Yale’s abundance in the presidential race this year.
“Yalies can’t find jobs anywhere else, so they run for office,” Glickman says.
—Staff writer Jonathan P. Abel can be reached at abel@fas.harvard.edu.
—Staff writer Faryl W. Ury can be reached at ury@fas.harvard.edu