I kept busy. After the '92 campaign I was surprised by the relative lack of campaign books. All's Fair, and they are a special, though indicative, case. I thought then I could have done a campaign book without leaving the house and nothing that happened had changed my mind when the '96 election came along. You need someone to articulate what is seen.
Images only produce other images.
Television gives you the worst of both worlds. Wonderfully rich, though often artificial, alluring images and no language with which to make sense of them. For a writer such as myself campaign America '96 was a feast. The paradox is you have to be hyper literate to describe a visual culture, perhaps even to truly enjoy it. The medium is the message is a clich , but no one wants to admit to its truth.