Americans are giving editorial endorsements the scrutiny they'd give the political views of any random worm. The Vice President is running on a platform of economic populism during good times.
Voters think of issues in a broader way than do Washington insiders.
They use issues to judge character. If America wants peace in the Middle East, its best bet is to get off the fence and back Israel. You don't have to be a crime-coddling wimp to see that we're putting too many people in prison. Media persons great and small realize, with anguish and horror, that Polls Are Evil. Why Bush and Gore haven't been able to hold on to a lead for more than a few days.