In 1998, most of the people who run newspapers do not seem to be interested in this campaign or in Ed Garvey and Barbara Lawton. They grant interviews and schedule editorial board meetings reluctantly. They want news, not personalities. In an odd twist, television stations are more receptive. This means there are a lot of hours to fill and interviews to schedule.
Candidates have little or no trouble getting airtime wherever they go.
Ink, on the other hand, is in short supply. It still is. The e-mail communications talk about a lot of different things, but one thing they always talk about is money. Some poor boy. That number explains why money is an obsession.