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...whole. You could say their radio dials are stuck on AM. The result is we hear a lot about going back to "the winning ways of Ronald Reagan." Well, I love Reagan too. But demographics no longer do. In 1980, Reagan beat Jimmy Carter by 10 points. If that contest were held again today, under the current demographics of the electorate per exit polls, the election would be much closer, with Reagan probably winning by about 3 points. (See pictures of polarizing politicians at LIFE.com...
...Whiskey, a Travelogue Q & A: How to Win the New Yorker Caption Contest...
...marquee event, the Harvard varsity eight came up a little short. The Crimson was never truly in contention for first, which for most of the race was occupied by either the top-seeded Golden Bears or the Cardinals. Surging from the rest of the pack late in the contest, Washington caught Cal with about 250 meters left and pulled ahead in the final 100 meters to win by nine tenths of a second. “They’re really strong people, people who have raced at senior world championships…even Olympians,” Crimson stroke...
Still, in a contest of challengers, name recognition can count for a lot, and in that regard McAuliffe entered the race in the strongest position of the three. Until recently, in fact, the outspoken former chairman of Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign enjoyed double-digit leads in some polls. A savvy, veteran fundraiser, he's raked in $6.9 million, nearly as much as his two opponents combined: Moran has raised $4.8 million and Deeds $3.8 million. McAuliffe, who has made a fortune in real estate and Internet investments mostly with Democratic donors, bills himself as the candidate best qualified...
...often had you submitted captions before you had success? A while. I think I submitted an entry to the first weekly contest. The New Yorker's records show that I've submitted 38 times, but I think it's gotta be more than that. I would've guessed about every other week [out of 192]. The guy I'm tied with, Carl Gable, from Norcross, Ga., won the first annual contest and two of the weeklies; I've won three weeklies. In the annual contest, editors announced the one they liked best, rather than holding an online vote. I actually...