Those "upsets"are also a message to newsmen
"It's been very tough, a lot tougher than it was four years ago. I've been wrong on just about every goddam thing."
So says Washington Star Political Writer James Dickenson, and he has plenty of company in the press. Never have the nation's newspapers, newsmagazines, networks and wire services had so much trouble fathoming what is on the electorate's mind. As the presidential campaign rolled on in weekly installments, surprise, upset and the unexpected have been the bulletins of the day. Often nobody got it right in advance;...
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