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 695 Park Avenue New York, NY 10021 212-772-4949 "People don't change. They just find out who they are." -- Ray Skean