His campaign did not show the vigour needed to win media coverage for a third party.
Charismatic, complex and caustic, he used forensic skills gained from a Jesuit and Carmelite education to win national coverage for his cause.
Fisher, who displayed an unending genius for promotion, can take much of the credit.He used a visit by Warren Harding, the then president-elect, to win early coverage for Miami Beach and he arranged high-profile tennis, golf and polo tournaments to garner more publicity.
Unfazed by the attacks from Republicans, Mr. Schwarzenegger said he would try again to win health insurance coverage for all Californians, though it would require new taxes.
They also managed to win some positive coverage for the "green-tax switch" that allowed them to drop a damaging commitment to raising the upper rate of income tax to 50% in favour of environment-friendly taxes.
Young John Reed, yet to win fame for his coverage of the revolutions in Mexico and Russia, thrilled to the plebeian ambience of the borderline slum he shared with a coven of Cambridge classmates on the south edge of Washington Square at No. 42.
In at least one state, Minnesota, officials are expanding Medicaid eligibility to some childless adults before 2014, largely to win federal dollars for coverage that was being provided by the state.
Last week, days before the magazine of that name was scheduled to win an award for its coverage of the city's most populous borough, it abruptly suspended publication.
Just months into his tenure, he stood up to President Kennedy's criticism of the Times' Saigon correspondent, David Halberstam, who went on to win a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the Vietnam War.
While Democrats were forced to make major concessions on insurance coverage for abortions to win House passage of the bill, they were nonetheless ebullient on Sunday, with many saying the vote gave them momentum to push the bill forward.
