More to the point, why is a 17-14 game described as "white-knuckling", whereas a 49-45 game that goes back and forth to the wire isn't? I find the latter to be orders of magnitude more white-knuckling than the first. Each can be entertaining, though. What I don't find entertaining is a game in which the score is determined by incompetence rather than skill, i.e. no serious attempt at defense, or a hapless offense.
If Trump adds Palin to the ticket then I would give the nod to Trump. Right now Trump sounds to much like Hitler to be overly funny. While this board has gone *cking crazy, some of it is still amusing.