1.0 link 102744 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/m.s.-bellows/obama-not-having-to-say-v_b_102744.html Most days on the campaign trail have a main theme -- "Michigan/Florida," "Reverend Wright," "bluecollar voters hate Obama," etc. The theme of the day is important, because in the absence of truly remarkable breaking news, news editors generally use what they perceive as "what today's about" in deciding how to allocate their reporters, which stories to run, etc. Before the advent of MSM blogs, the theme of the day often was stated succinctly in the first sentences, or "lede", written...

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