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(Bauer hinted at his candidacy in speeches, then announced he was taking a leave of absence from his job, then set up an "announcement" interview on Meet the Press , then persuaded newspapers to write preview stories about the TV announcement--all before he had even filed the papers to set up the committee that would set up his eventual campaign.)
The top issues are Bill Clinton's grant of clemency for imprisoned Puerto Rican nationalists and Bill Bradley's official announcement of his presidential candidacy.
I'm pretty enthusiastic about his candidacy, and even I saw that as a throwaway gesture.
During the week after JFK Jr.'s death I heard a slew of talk-show hosts praise "the Kennedy family, our nation's premier political dynasty" in one breath, and condemn Hillary's candidacy in the next, on the grounds that she is cynically leveraging her husband's name and connections to get herself elected.
Probably the real reason the Times gave the story big play is that it feels self-conscious about the favorable coverage McCain's candidacy has been getting from the media in general.