In the short term, at least, the bloodshed in the Middle East has knocked campaign news off the front pages.

And because the candidates themselves are mostly elsewhere, there is little campaign news on the air or on the front page.

It was not the only odd campaign news of the day.

Meanwhile, public interest in campaign news remains extremely high.

We're back tomorrow - but here's a summary of today's campaign news.

Overnight three to four interns watch the late news programs, the late-night comedy shows and the Internet for any campaign news.

And the late-nights' appeal is not limited to younglings; more than a quarter of all adults get campaign news from those programs.

But Mr. Bloomberg has reportedly been in a very good mood since all of the positive campaign news.

's "Presidential Election 2000 " page for another superb round-up of campaign news.

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