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...generation of television journalists who got their start in politics. He was the first who crossed to the other side, but he was soon followed by Chris Matthews (who studied at the knee of the great Tip O'Neil) and George Stephanopoulos, who famously toiled for Bill Clinton. All three of them brought something new to American living rooms - an intimate, first-hand understanding of the compromises and agonies of governing and campaigning. All three of them knew what it was like to be in the room when decisions were made; they didn't have to guess...
...Every four years, through the '80s and '90s, Tim and I would go out and watch the politicians work on the weekend before the New Hampshire primary. Our most memorable excursion was in 1992, when we saw Paul Tsongas selling his chilly fiscal discipline and then watched Bill Clinton work a nursing home. A woman started to ask Clinton about the high price of prescription drugs, then dissolved in tears, unable to finish. Clinton immediately went to the woman, dropped to his knees and hugged her; he held her tight for what seemed a long time. It was a reflexive...
...North Carolina primaries, Russert declared on MSNBC, "We now know who the Democratic nominee's going to be." The pronouncement rocketed through the mediasphere and the campaigns themselves. As the New York Times reported shortly afterward, "The thought echoed throughout the world of instant political analysis, blocking the Clinton campaign's efforts to portray her slim victory in Indiana as an upset, as well as her camp's hopeful analysis that she still had a chance to convert superdelegates with triumphs in the races ahead...
Throughout the Democratic primaries, Obama consistently lost white Evangelical and Catholic voters to Hillary Clinton, raising questions about his ability to appeal to those constituencies in the general election. However, two polls conducted in May appear to indicate otherwise - at least in terms of support for John McCain among those voters. A Gallup survey released last week showed him pulling even with McCain among Catholics, and a Calvin College poll revealed anemic Evangelical support for McCain (57%, compared with 72% who voted for George W. Bush in 2004). Even so, Obama's relationship with religious voters remains a concern...
...candidate's advisers believe that if he can improve on Kerry's standing among white Evangelical voters by 5 to 10 points in November (essentially returning to Bill Clinton's level of support in the 1990s), he will win the election. And he might have a chance of doing that. More and more Evangelicals have broadened their list of priorities to include issues like the environment, the economy and health care. They're as frustrated about the war in Iraq as most Americans. And when they look at the G.O.P. - and especially McCain - they no longer see a solid political...