Bob Dole did a 96-hour desperation marathon right before the election. Some highlights--

[msanthrope]

And boy did it ever deliver and deliver, and deliver. There was Dole standing at Lane 18 in a bowling alley in East Lansing on Friday night, being met by a crowd of chanting Clinton-Gore infiltrators ("Four More Years!&quot , attempting to lead his fans in shouting them down ("No More Years!&quot , failing, and then fleeing the alley in a state of visible frustration.

There was Dole at around 2:30 a.m. on Saturday morning in Detroit, telling reporters, "I'll get three good stories from each of you and we'll call this thing off and I get to write them."

There was Dole on the tarmac in New Jersey in the icy dawn, with no supporters anywhere to be seen, talking about how an endorsement from some cops was "another sign of the incredible momentum in this campaign... The excitement is there, the electricity is there!"

There were the hostile crowds in city after city, taking out their frustrations on the press corps, chanting "Tell the truth!" and cursing the "liberal media," throwing things, even spitting.

http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1996-11-10/news/1996315041_1_bob-dole-elizabeth-dole-death-march

Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. Williard should know what that means from his service in Paris during the Vietnam War.

When the marathon campaign announcement comes, we will know.