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2008.01.07: January 7, 2008: Headlines: COS - Morocco: Politics: Presidents - Nixon: Election2002: Journalism: Washington Times: Morocco RPCV Timothy Crouse wrote about "Better than Expected" in Presidential Campaigns
Morocco RPCV Timothy Crouse wrote about "Better than Expected" in Presidential Campaigns
In "The Boys on the Bus," his book about the political reporters and columnists on the 1972 presidential campaign, Timothy Crouse recounted how the "better than expected" mystique evolved from the 1972 Democratic caucuses in Iowa.
Morocco RPCV Timothy Crouse wrote about "Better than Expected" in Presidential Campaigns
Better than expected
WASHINGTON TIMES EDITORIAL
January 7, 2008
[Excerpt]
In "The Boys on the Bus," his book about the political reporters and columnists on the 1972 presidential campaign, Timothy Crouse recounted how the "better than expected" mystique evolved from the 1972 Democratic caucuses in Iowa. "See, it wasn't like a primary. No one knew how to interpret these figures, and nobody knew what was good and what was bad, so [the reporters] were all taking it off Apple," a George McGovern staffer later said of the influence of the late R.W. ("Johnny") Apple Jr. of the the New York Times. "Finally, at midnight, the guy announced that [front-running Sen. Edmund] Muskie had 32 percent and McGovern had 26 percent, and Apple sat down to write his final story. He called it something like 'a surprisingly strong showing for George McGovern.' Everyone peered over [Apple's] shoulder again and picked it up. It was on the front page of every major newspaper the next day."
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