{election eve}

It's the eve of the 2012 election, and I think most people feel relieved that the negative ads and constant footage of the candidates will be largely finished in about 24 hours.


I happened upon an article today about the change of power happening in Beijing this month as well. Foreign journalists are being offered tours of model Chinese companies, have been gifted with beige press caps and back packs bearing strange Chinglish directions for use. But, the journalists are getting very little in the way of actual hard news on the passing of the leadership baton in within the PRC's communist party.


I find the contrast so striking.


for more on what's unknown in Beijing ::
http://world.time.com/2012/11/05/searching-for-news-journalists-covering-chinas-leadership-transition-get-hats-instead/


For more on US politics ::
your TV
your computer
your smart phone
and your FB page