The Last Ballgame?

On the day of the first presidential debate—or political game show, if you prefer—the Cubs blew it in San Diego, and a heavy damp fog settled in over Chicago. At this writing, it’s still there, blurring the view of the city, a proper setting for this year’s blurry Senate race.

Up for re-election is Republican Senator Charles Percy, a three-term incumbent, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, erstwhile supporter of Nelson Rockefeller, currently one of Ronald Reagan’s most vocal champions. His opponent is Representative Paul Simon from downstate Illinois, an old-line liberal Democrat, former small-town newspaper publisher, and author of eight books, one of them on the inability of Americans to speak or read foreign languages.

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On the day of the first presidential debate—or political game show, if you prefer—the Cubs blew it in San Diego, and a heavy damp fog settled in over Chicago. At this writing, it’s still there, blurring the view of the city, a proper setting for this year’s blurry Senate race.

Up for re-election is Republican Senator Charles Percy, a three-term incumbent, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, erstwhile supporter of Nelson Rockefeller, currently one of Ronald Reagan’s most vocal champions. His opponent is Representative Paul Simon from downstate Illinois, an old-line liberal Democrat, former small-town newspaper publisher, and author of eight books, one of them on the inability of Americans to speak or read foreign languages.