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Politics : Stockman Scott's Political Debate Porch -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (33645)	12/27/2003 9:48:15 AM
From: Glenn Petersen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

One of Krugman's better efforts, though it is a bit distracting and irritating when he veers off the road for one of his rants. Ideally, the political coverage would be focused exclusively on ideas on characters. That is not going to happen. There are too many reporters, all very competitive, covering each of the candidates. They are all looking for an edge, however minor The minutiae is not going to disappear from the political reporting. The reporters covering the candidates hear the same speech at least five or six times a day, seven days a week. They are probably bored out of their minds. After a while, I suspect that they are more focused on catching the candidate with his fly open. I think that Reuters and AP do a fairly good job reporting changes in positions and new initiatives. The "think" pieces are generally not done in the field. Don't talk about clothes. Al Gore's endorsement of Howard Dean was a momentous event: the man who won the popular vote in 2000 threw his support to a candidate who accuses the president of wrongfully taking the nation to war. So what did some prominent commentators write about? Why, the fact that both men wore blue suits. In Gore's case this was important. We needed to know which Al Gore was endorsing Dean, The Alpha Male in training or Mr. EarthTones.