Tomorrow, 24 states hold their assorted primaries and caucuses, which could, though conceivably won't, produce nominees for president from both parties. There is, of course, the demand - whether perceived or real is unclear - on media outlets to provide constant coverage of the race, even when there isn't all that much to cover.
Over the weekend and continuing into today, countless journalists have phoned in state-of-the-race type pieces, each trying to find an angle in this latest race-to-the-finish moment; the fury of the campaigning, the prevalence of anti-Clinton rhetoric, the massive size and expense of the candidates' various ad buys, the unpredictable nature of the race.No event, not even a "transformational," "recording-breaking" and "history-making" election like this one could possibly generate enough actual news to meet the hyper-active, round-the-clock demands of cable news.
Here's the news: there's a huge vote tomorrow, and no one knows what's going to happen. The race is fickle and has demonstrated that no amount of polling or speculating or punditry can predict the outcome until we're done counting votes. What if the talking heads stopped talking and the blogosphere stopped blogging and everyone was aloud enough quiet to hear themselves think and then go cast a vote? What would happen then?
