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...finally, all the polls, pundits and predictions no longer matter. Only the judgment of the American people remains to determine the next President of the United States...
...distinction between private and public life, and we recognize that imperfect individuals can still be president--indeed, must be, for there are no other types of individuals to be found. But this does not at all mean that in entering the voting booth, one should leave one's moral judgment at the door: even the most private of flaws can make a real difference in how a leader will use the opportunity to govern...
...running have had a chance to see from front-row seats. "It's a revelation," says Al Gore, "the way excruciating, world-class problems tend to come in clusters." And George W. Bush knows from seeing his father renege on his "no new taxes" pledge how a single judgment can end up crippling a presidency. So, says Governor Bush, "you just gotta be confident enough in your positions and tough enough in your hide to be able to stand the heat if it comes...
...even if you give journalists the facts, they're often reluctant to go with them. When I was on the other side, I was constantly saying under my breath to reporters, "Make a judgment." Being committed to some he-said-she-said idea of "objectivity" often makes a journalist a neutral vessel of distortion. Correcting a candidate's mistake is not subjective; it's objective. At the same time, I noticed that people in politics tend to think journalists are biased toward one candidate or another. This is a deep misconception, which leads to Rule...
...good idea of the life mission Wolfe has given himself, in terms of proselytizing, and in terms of both his fiction and nonfiction efforts. But whatever the merits of Wolfe's arguments on the future of the arts in America, his work is ready for immediate consumption and judgment. Wolfe's first and best strength is his power of critical (and cynical) observation. He has set himself up as the ever-omniscient observer, surveying the scenery at the end of one so-called American century and the beginning of another, pointing out society's ironies and flaws and triumphs...