THE CAMPAIGN: Round Two

Traditionally. Labor Day marks the beginning of U.S. presidential campaigns, but in the hard-fought and suspenseful campaign of 1960, two rounds are already over—and both have gone to Richard Nixon. Round One was the much-tele vised convention process; polls show that Nixon's acceptance speech and his choice of Henry Cabot Lodge as a running mate have gone over with the public a lot better than Kennedy's speech (which swiped at Nixon) and his tactical choice of Lyndon Johnson. Round Two is the dead-end session of Congress, which is creaking toward adjournment. There...