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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...part of what the country wants after more than a year of rabid electotainment is a firm hand on the volume dial--a calming response not just to the economy or to partisanship but also to the incessant shrieking, browbeating, Chicken Littling of the media. They want someone to push not Refresh but Pause...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign '08: The Media's 24-Minute News Cycle | 10/31/2008 | See Source »

...pictures of McCain's final push...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Obama and McCain Would Lead | 10/30/2008 | See Source »

...pictures of McCain's final push...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Obama and McCain Would Lead | 10/30/2008 | See Source »

McCain would find himself on a tightrope, surrounded by people trying to push him off. The last President to operate in such straitened circumstances was Richard Nixon. In 1969 he was inaugurated with a weak mandate, shaky popularity, a fractured party behind him and a Democratic majority on the Hill. Lurching left on domestic policy, veering right in his speeches, promising to end the war in Vietnam even as he escalated the bombing, Nixon infuriated his critics and confounded his allies. The roller coaster finally ended with his landslide re-election just as he was stepping off a cliff into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Obama and McCain Would Lead | 10/30/2008 | See Source »

...pictures of McCain's final push...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Obama and McCain Would Lead | 10/30/2008 | See Source »

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