"The crowd was already getting a little restless here tonight at a campaign rally for Senator Barack Obama, when a woman walked to the front of the room and offered her apologies."

That's how New York Times reporter Jeff Zeleny sets the scene for another one of those trenchant election-year process stories that clutter up the newsfeeds. Titled "The Politics of Punctuality," the piece is news from the front lines! The trenches! Where every little detail...