Word: caution
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...nothing else, future voters should recall Florida 2000 as a caution that no prediction from a blow-dried anchor or Internet gossip is reason not to vote. As long as the media keep playing that game, the least they can do is make clear that their word isn't always gospel. Early Wednesday morning, they did exactly that. As George and Al continue playing for the cameras on "Survivor II: the Florida Swamp," there is no better lesson to remember...
Consequently, the media should err on the side of caution, waiting until all of the polls have closed before calling states for certain candidates...
Maxwell Kennedy joked that he was "throwing caution to the wind" in predicting a victory for his uncle, whom he lauded as "the man who I admire more than any other living human being [and] the greatest senator in the history of the world...
...responsibly. No skylarking, no premature calls, no leaps of prognostication: just patient waiting and discussion. After the exit polls burned them once, we may have to wait until Dan Rather counts the last absentee ballot himself until we get a call in the Sunshine State. The note of caution seems to have spread to the talking heads as well: Even predictable partisan battle-axes like Mike McCurry and Mary Matalin seem weirdly subdued...
ALLEN IVERSON Hoopster-rapper agrees to fade out offensive lyrics. Caution: people may expect talent...