input: Washington (CNN) -- When the race is done, the balloons have wilted, and the confetti has been swept up, Campaign 2012 may be marked more by its failures than its triumphs.

But here's the starkest failure in these final days before the vote: Neither candidate has made a convincing enough argument for his presidency to break free of the margin of error in the polls.

No matter who is elected, close to as many Americans will have voted against him as for him.

Sure, Barack Obama has generally stayed a point or two ahead of his rival in most battlegrounds, but despite his mighty pushes and the advantage of the bully pulpit he has rarely done any better. And Mitt Romney, while he has managed to relentlessly nip at the president's heels like a dog chasing a car (as opposed to one riding on top), he has never been able to decisively bridge the gap from "also ran" to "front runner."

Mad dash in final bid for votes

The most recent CNN Poll of Polls -- an average of 10 national polls -- has Obama just one point ahead of Romney, 48%-47%. The latest CNN/ORC survey in the battleground state of Ohio has Obama up 50%-47%, and in Florida by just one point, 50%-49%. Both results are well within the polls' margin of error of plus or minus 3.5%.

And if both parties are not haunted by the ever-growing mob of voters calling themselves independents, they ought to be.

At least Dr. Rita Kirk at Southern Methodist University thinks so. She is director of the Maguire Center for Ethics and Public Responsibility. "Independent isn't a party," she says. "It just means 'none of the above.' People are not really satisfied with either party." 1. Who is leading in the most recent poll referenced?
2. Against who?
3. By what percentage?
4. 50-49?
5. What then?
6. What key states were mentioned?
7. Who was leading there?
8. What year is this election?
9. What is going to happen to the balloons?
10. What does the author think the election will be remembered for?
11. Rather then what?
12. Is either person expected to win big?
13. Who is the first female mentioned by name?
14. Where does she work?
15. What is her job title?
16. Of what?
17. What is she quoted as saying?
18. What is it actually?
19. Are these voters happy with either party? Return numbered answers in your output.

output: 1. Obama
2. Romney
3. one point
4. No
5. 48%-47%
6. Ohio and Florida
7. Obama
8. 2012
9. They will wilt
10. its failures
11. its triumphs
12. no
13. Dr. Rita Kirk
14. Southern Methodist University
15. director
16. the Maguire Center for Ethics and Public Responsibility.
17. Independent isn't a party
18. It just means 'none of the above.
19. no

input: Rason, North Korea (CNN) -- As the sole Western journalist covering a unique bicycle race in North Korea last month, I was provided with a personal guide, a car with a driver and the promise that I was free to take any photographs I wanted. As a journalist, it seemed like an incredible opportunity to document a small snapshot of what North Korea was really like.

However, the promise turned out not to be completely true.

At the border, before going back to China, a group of security guards confiscated my camera and erased all images they thought were inappropriate, or did not portray the country in a favorable light.

The North Korea I wasn't meant to see

But with the help of a computer expert in Hong Kong, I managed to get all the pictures back.

Officially, I only had two restrictions to obey during my trip: No photos of the military or military facilities and all shots of portraits of Kim Il Sung and his son Kim Jong-Il had to show their entire figures. And I was under no circumstances allowed to walk off alone.

My guide, Ko Chang Ho, was surprisingly friendly and talkative. Contrary to the propaganda machine I was expecting, the 42-year-old father of two talked at length about his days as an English student in Pyongyang and his interest in international literature. His favorite author was William Shakespeare; the last book he read was Sir Walter Scott's classic novel, "Ivanhoe."

We also talked about why the outside world has such a negative view of North Korea; something he was very sad about. He loved his country and I chose my words carefully. 1. What is the job of the person in article?
2. What happened at border?
3. Did they do anything?
4. Why?
5. Did he get all the images back?
6. How?
7. Where at?
8. Did the person have any rules to follow on his trip?
9. What were they?
10. Anything else?
11. Who was his guide?
12. How old was he? Return numbered answers in your output.

output: 1. Journalist
2. a group of security guards confiscated my camera
3. Erased all images
4. They thought were inappropriate or did not portray country in favorable light
5. Yes
6. Help of a computer expert
7. Hong Kong
8. Yes
9. No photos of the military or military facilities and all shots of portraits of Kim Il Sung and his son Kim Jong-Il had to show their entire figures
10. Could not walk off alone.
11. Ko Chang Ho
12. 42.

input: Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement as Carl von Linne (), was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who formalised the modern system of naming organisms called binomial nomenclature. He is known by the epithet "father of modern taxonomy". Many of his writings were in Latin, and his name is rendered in Latin as (after 1761 Carolus a Linne).

Linnaeus was born in the countryside of Smaland, in southern Sweden. He received most of his higher education at Uppsala University, and began giving lectures in botany there in 1730. He lived abroad between 1735 and 1738, where he studied and also published a first edition of his " in the Netherlands. He then returned to Sweden, where he became professor of medicine and botany at Uppsala. In the 1740s, he was sent on several journeys through Sweden to find and classify plants and animals. In the 1750s and 1760s, he continued to collect and classify animals, plants, and minerals, and published several volumes. At the time of his death, he was one of the most acclaimed scientists in Europe.

The philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau sent him the message: "Tell him I know no greater man on earth." The German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe wrote: "With the exception of Shakespeare and Spinoza, I know no one among the no longer living who has influenced me more strongly." Swedish author August Strindberg wrote: "Linnaeus was in reality a poet who happened to become a naturalist". Among other compliments, Linnaeus has been called " (Prince of Botanists), "The Pliny of the North," and "The Second Adam". He is also considered as one of the founders of modern ecology. 1. Who is this about?
2. When did he live?
3. What was his occupation?
4. What has he been called?
5. What else?
6. He formalize what?
7. which is called what?
8. Where is he from?
9. What part?
10. Where did he study?
11. Did he teach there also?
12. What did Strindberg say of him?
13. Was he well known when he died?
14. When did he live abroad?
15. Where did he publish his first edition?
16. When did he start giving lectures? Return numbered answers in your output.

output:
1. Carl Linnaeus
2. 23 May 1707 10 January 1778
3. botanist, physician, and zoologist,
4. father of modern taxonomy
5. Carolus a Linne
6. modern system of naming organisms
7. binomial nomenclature
8. Sweden
9. Smaland, in southern Sweden
10. Uppsala University,
11. Yes
12. Linnaeus was in reality a poet who happened to become a naturalist
13. Yes
14. between 1735 and 1738
15. Netherlands
16. 1730