Last week, an Associated Press-GfK poll reported that Sen. John McCain had pulled within one percentage point of Sen. Barack Obama in the race for the presidency. Given all the news that was coming out around the country, essentially coronating Obama two weeks before the vote, this seemed like a big story. Or was it? The problem [...]
Some newspapers in recent elections have opted to drop the time-honored tradition of endorsing presidential candidates — and in some cases, all candidates. Given the headache of contacting all those running for office, setting up interviews and then spending anywhere from 45 minutes to an hour and a half with each of them, that’s sometimes appealing to those [...]
