No, it is not typical. I think that that New York Senate race is clearly the nastiest one that we ve got this year, and it s got to be right up there in the top ten ever in history. It is just an absolute slugfest, as your viewers saw. What we re seeing also around the country is a bit tamer. This is an election year in which the economy is good.
Most people are satisfied, which is good news for most incumbents.
Now that we re getting close to election day it s only a few days away now, we re seeing a little bit more fighting and squabbling. For instance, some of it s just downright silly. Up in Massachusetts they re arguing about Salem witches and Christmas decorations, or down in Arkansas, in a more serious matter, they re fighting about whether or not US troops ought to be fighting under UN command. But certainly New York stands far and above the nastiest. I think that s true.