Spain used to be very individualistic in its sporting activities. Now we are showing we are pretty good in teams - that is an improvement.
You mentioned Ross Perot. Mr. Perot jumped into the race at the last minute, had one issue that he ran on, the budget deficit, was in and out of the race a couple of times, and still got 20 million votes, didn't have the Internet.
You have to think there's a reason for everything. When a door closes another door opens.