The site selection algorithm works iteratively by selecting the next best candidate site.
Still, the television debate about selecting the next president has moved into a foggy new linguistic arena, involving counts and courts and canvassing boards.
A picture yesterday with an article about the process for selecting the next secretary general of the United Nations was published in error.
This weekend provides a chance to reflect on what looks like the end of the process of selecting the next president.
Party congresses, held about every five years, usually focus on domestic issues and internal party business, including the complex maneuvering over selecting the next generation of leaders.
Mr. Thompson said he respected Mr. Bloomberg's decision but added that "selecting the next mayor of New York City will depend less on endorsements and more on the vision put forward by each of the candidates".
The fall elections were not causing much excitement in New York to begin with, but certainly the events of the past days have shown how important it is to use care in selecting the next generation of city leaders.
"What is occurring here over the course of time is irreparable damage," Governor Racicot said, "and it's occurring as a result of a thousand wounds to this process of selecting the next president of the United States of America".
But for a certain few, it is a year-round project, or obsession, that expends more energy on internal quarrels than on selecting the next grand marshal -- which is, come to think of it, a source of bickering in itself.
Which, in turn, means that a small coterie of global casting directors — the individuals responsible for selecting the Next Big Thing from modeling agency books and putting them on the runway before anyone else — are becoming more important.
And the presidential candidate left standing with the greatest experience by far is Mr. McCain; if Mrs. Clinton believes that's the criterion for selecting the next president, she might consider backing him.
