Read the following article from The Atlantic by Conor Friedersdorf
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/09/is-horse-race-coverage-killing-mitt-romney/262989/?google_editors_picks=true
Write a two paragraph summary of the article and answer the following questions.
1. Why would conservatives worry about the polls so much and call them "a conspiracy"?
2. What do the candidates look like as a result of the horse race coverage?
3. Why won't voters pay much attention to new news about the economy?
4. How does Douthat (in the big quote) criticize the Romney campaign?
5. How does the article compare the parties' National Conventions?
6. What is Obama getting away with, because of the focus on the horse race?
7. What foreign policy choices do American voters have according to Douthat?
8. How does Friedersdorf feel that the press is failing?
9. How would you say that Freidersdorf characterizes Romney and his campaign overall?
10. How would you say that he characterizes Obama overall?
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