Frontline: The Choice 2008  Image credit:   With just two weeks
left until election day in the U.S., the race is no longer
heating up: it's at a steady boil. Early voting has begun, a
full eight national tracking polls are cranking out numbers
daily, and the campaigns are on the ground nationwide Getting
Out the Vote. If you haven't voted yet (or if you just can't get
enough political coverage), I urge you to check out Frontline's
The Choice 2008 program online. You can watch the whole thing
for free -- and I think you'll find it worthwhile.  The Choice
is a Frontline staple going back to 1988, taking a detailed look
at both candidates, including extensive interviews with primary
sources close to the candidates. The interviews are surprisingly
revealing: these people aren't stage-managed politicos spouting
talking points (presumably those bits have been edited out).
Instead the interviewees offer honest, candid assessments of the
candidates, their campaigns, and their personal biographies. It
has been a long