Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore officially introduced his history-making running mate today, Senator Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut....In their first joint appearance they gave a preview of the Gore-Lieberman fight-back, comeback strategy. Their message: They represent the future, not the past, and they are the ticket of high moral standards most in tune with real mainstream America.

As someone who's been covering presidential campaigns since the 1950s, I have no delusions about political reporting. Candidates bargaining access to get the kind of news coverage they want is nothing new.

My cousin just died. He was only 19. He got stung by a bee - the natural enemy of a tightrope walker.

I'm part of nobody's world except Brezhnev's.

When the going gets weird, anchormen punt.

Ratings don't last. Good journalism does.

Turn the lights down, the party just got wilder.