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Monday, November 26, 2007 12:00 AM

What does it really take?

Has a generation of political reporters and voters been misled about how to best pick the next president?
Michael Scherer

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  • Monday, November 26, 2007 08:38 PM

    The Bob Schieffer Test

    Keen political observer and esteemed newsman Schieffer was the first to point out that Al Gore was disqualified for our nation's highest honor because folks despised the idea of sitting down to chew the fat with him over a beer. However, we later learned that perhaps we had actually been misled by the media, because the fact was, Bush could not sit down and drink a beer with Americans, because he has a recovering alcoholic.

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