THE battle for the Democrat Party chairmanship at the Bandung congress gives the impression of a battle for the 2014 presidential nomination. This can be seen mainly from the two men who are tirelessly competing, Andi Alifian Mallarangeng and Anas Urbaningrum. Advertisements on the two men appear on television, in newspapers and magazines, and of course on banners around the congress venue.

These huge and expensive campaigns seem to be asking th