Had enough of the "cliffhanger" metaphor? Even after all the polls had closed no major media outlets wanted to make the obvious calls on Florida and Ohio. It was a clear demonstration of insecure institutional group-think.

What about the popular vote? Wasn't that supposed to be the litmus test for indicating the true will of the people? Did we hear about that? Were the pundits not watching the results? All in all it was a night of shamelessly poor coverage, abysmal analysis, poor conversation and abject media insecurity. The local & regional feeds that I watched on the satellite were even worse. Mark November 2, 2004 on your calendar -- TV news pronounced clinically dead.