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...Beware Flannel-Mouth Disease!" [March 1], columnist Joe Klein argues that to be successful in the presidential race, John Kerry will have to overcome the fact that he probably drinks wine, doesn't eat Cheez Whiz, speaks French and has trouble uttering simple English sentences. Is the American voter supposed to be put off by those traits? Our leaders should not be homogenized versions of the guy next door but the best of the best, regardless of a preference for Bordeaux over beer. Alex Guittard San Diego...
...share Klein's disappointment that the average voter seems more concerned with handicapping the presidential campaign than with debating important issues. But the media have covered the Democratic primaries like a horse race. The public is merely following their lead. The focus on getting a candidate elected is a way for voters wary of broken promises to gain a sense of empowerment. If they can't manage to protect the environment, stop the Iraq war or save jobs in their cities, they can at least try to get their guy into the White House. John Dutton Los Angeles...
...Brien said the project had its genesis at a recent Law School panel on voter participation, where a panelist suggested the idea. O’Brien raised the idea with electoral scholar Gerken in late January, she said, and later discussed it with Tribe, who teaches the course on constitutional law that both she and May are currently taking...
...World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) heavyweights took a brief respite from bashing opponents’ heads yesterday, tag-teaming with the Institute of Politics (IOP) to raise voter awareness in front of the Science Center...
...wrestlers, flanked by IOP fellow and former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura, offered free “Voting Is For Young People” t-shirts in exchange for their voter registration information...