Many Americans besides Gerald Ford must have got a lump in their throats at
the prospect that a troubled United States may have only Jimmy Carter and
Ronald Reagan to choose from come next November. Since this is a campaign where no one else seems to be in charge, the press has its share of responsibility for this turn of events. But the fact is, candidates have learned to outmaneuver the press, and television in particular.
In the Illinois primary, William J. Lanouette reported in the National Journal, candidates played to TV audiences with the "flyaround," stopping at airports long enough to be...
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