Management Styles

Deadline Poet

By Calvin Trillin

This article appeared in the September 1, 2008 edition of The Nation.

August 13, 2008

McCain's operation is seat of the pants,
With rivalries, arguments, grudges and rants.
Obama's campaign is more corporate and smooth,
No fights on the top, and few egos to soothe.
Political junkies say something's unclear:
Just who in the hell's the Republican here?

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About Calvin Trillin

Calvin Trillin is The Nation's "deadline poet." He has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1963 and has written the syndicated weekly column "Uncivil Liberties" since 1986. He has authored many, many books, including Tepper's Not Going Out and Deadline Poet: My Life as a Doggerelist. more...
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