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...politicking in the most old-fashioned sense of the word, except computers are doing much of the work that ward bosses used to. At Gore headquarters, data come together in a computer-generated image called the G2K Targeting Map, on which cities and states that present opportunities and require immediate attention from the campaign glow an intense blue. The computer factors in poll numbers, historic Democratic performance, dates of and voter response to previous visits by the candidate, his running mate, family members or other surrogates. It highlights places that may respond to a sudden infusion of ad money...
...Virginia but also in Oregon, Washington, Iowa and Wisconsin, each of which Democrats have won in the past three presidential elections. And in Tennessee, Gore's home state, and Bill Clinton's Arkansas, polls show the Texas Governor with a slight edge. "Bush is playing all over Gore's map," boasts Bill Paxon, a Bush lieutenant. "That puts a lot of pressure on the Vice President...
...John F. Kennedy School of Government has resorted this year to placing a large map in its lobby showing the locations of the half-dozen buildings that are housing Kennedy School classes and research programs...
...result is a leisurely, meandering journey from which the map-thief disappears for long, long stretches. Instead, Harvey relates his own fascination with cartography and reveals that as a child, he had an uncommonly keen sense of direction. Famous mapmakers of the past are resurrected and given thumbnail biographies. The sequential digressions are occasionally diverting, but some readers, trying to maintain a grip on the story's thread, may conclude, alas, that magazine editors serve a purpose...
...White House lawn to help with the home-front effort in World War I. In 1925, Calvin Coolidge was the first to try out radio, which Franklin Roosevelt then used so effectively in his fireside chats, broadcasting from the shadowy basement room arched with stone pillars right near the Map Room, where he and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill planned the grand strategy for World...