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Hendrik Hertzberg on four more years
Philip Gourevitch on the search for a mandate
James Surowiecki on the ownership society
Though there has not yet been a poll to prove the validity of this claim, it's probably fair to say that most Americans will not be glad to hear that the 2008 campaign started on Wednesday, November 3rd. The night before, even while there was still--maybe, possibly, can't tell, could be--a chance that John Kerry would defeat President Bush, television broadcasters were bandying about Hillary Clinton and Bill Frist as likely performers in the next red-and-blue circus, and on Wednesday afternoon the Fox News anchor Shepard Smith leered at the camera and said that there were "only fourteen hundred and sixty-two days until 'You Decide '08.' " Fear not, though; it appears that those days will not be filled with political coverage alone--at around the same time that Smith was licking his chops, Lester Holt, over on MSNBC, was serving up the traditional cable-news turkey dinner, providing an update on the Scott Peterson murder trial in California.
By the night before the election, fatigue was showing in various forms on our TV screens. Peter Jennings, during his evening news program, referred to the "Terry campaign," and, on NBC, Tim Russert said to Tom Brokaw, "Democrats and Republicans admit, if the turnout...
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