The Daily News gave each candidate a grade. Baraka got a B, Clinton a  
B+, and the only A went to Edwards. Then the text said Baraka pipped  
Clinton at the post, and Edwards was not covered in text at all.
That seems to be the challenge for the Edwards campaign. Generate  
some human interest angle, cancer etc etc.  Give them something to  
write about, and I don't mean ideas.

~d



On Apr 27, 2007, at 12:41 PM, Peter Parisi wrote:

The fourth graf of The Times story on last night's debate, refers to
Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton as "... the two most closely watched
candidates of the night...."

Quiz: who is doing this "close watching"?

Does the phrase describe your focus on the debate?

Here's an interesting sidelight: A poll conducted by the University of
Iowa earlier this month carried the following headline:

"Poll: Iowa Dems Favor Clinton, Edwards....
<http://news-releases.uiowa.edu/2007/april/040307poll.html>

In Iowa, apparently, a different pair of candidates is "most closely  
watched."

So, again, who are The Times' "close watchers"?

Peter Parisi, Ph.D.
Dept. of Film & Media Studies
Hunter College
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