The press abets the hoax because it must report what candidates say and because it favors campaign combat over substance. |
It's easy to see why the candidates are so eager talk about anything other than marriage. |
Then, too, he is an acceptable moderator to the candidates because he's firmly predictable. |
Other candidates either showed no detectable wobble, or else the results were indeterminate. |
Police had also warned candidates not to extend election meetings late into the night as it would make them easy targets for assassins. |
Nowhere during the campaign did I hear or see the question of support for poorer students raised with candidates or in the media. |