


The countdown week. Tuesday he stands in a lake-wind park in Racine and tells Wisconsin the other man has failed it. Thursday, between fresh headlines of migrant crime, he says out loud that he is looking forward to Thursday's debate — and waves the third man away from the arena: the numbers are short, maybe someday he'll hit the big stage. Saturday night Philadelphia roars for him in the other kingdom's second city. Monday his own doctor-congressman demands the rival be drug-tested before the duel. Three days to Atlanta; the podiums are built.
Readers' Corner
Letters from the readership on Week 471. Pick a pen name — no account needed.
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