El Presidente! Yes, that's right. This week we dared to venture past the imposingly Roman-esque Ballou Hall (that's the one next to Barnum. No, no, not the chapel, you've gone too far. Back up. A little more. Right there) and emerged with President Lawrence Bacow's predictions for the coming week. Yes, we faked the unfakeable retinal scan and broke the unbreakable swipe code. We're just that good.
And so now, In the spirit of a presidential salute, we bring you this week's edition of Editors' Challenge. We apologize for the overabundance of puns. We just couldn't help ourselves. Kind of like Bill Clinton. Oh, Slick Willy.
It was the Era of Not-So-Good Feelings in the Daily office this week, as sub-.500 records from two-thirds of the staff (Bush-league indeed) had the editors on edge. That's just enough to override a presidential veto, should it come down to it, but that shouldn't be necessary. Read our lips: no new failures.
Liz "Executive Privilege" Hoffman is still leading the pack, but Ethan "Obama" Landy, the rising star on the scene, went 7-7 to Polk his head into second place. He'd better not take it for Grant-ed, though, because a handful of hopefuls are nipping at his heels.
Alex "The Buck Stops Here" Bloom went 7-7 last week as well, Nixon his tie with Evans "Lame Duck" Clinchy and Tim "House Speaker" Judson for third place. Rachel "Bob" Dolin managed to claw her way out of a Bush-approval-ratings-like cellar with a 6-8 week.
Carly "Give 'Em Hell"(fand) "Harry!"went 5-9 last week, Lincoln her with Sapna "The R?©sum?© Candidate" Bansil in a seventh-place tie. Ross "Dennis Kucinich" Marrinson was never really in the race at all, but stays in to give a few speeches, keep people honest - God bless his heart.
No one decided to rock the boat (or Tippecanoe, if you will) by picking the Browns over the Patriots, although Hoffman has already picked Cleveland on two non-consecutive occasions, leaving the door open for a third, should she decide the time is right. (She also picked the 49ers over Baltimore this week - we're considering impeachment.)
