What Ralph McGill so clearly described 60 years ago as “the crop of things sown” is coming in again right before a big election, so the human tendency is to focus on how the mayhem of the last week will affect the upcoming vote.That, sadly, is the least of it. For many voters the election is already over. The murders in Kentucky and Pennsylvania and the arrest of the accused pipe bomber in Florida will probably motivate some to vote who wouldn’t have, but this year that is a dwindling pool.
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