ROBERT E. DENTON JR. holds the W. Thomas Rice Chair of Leadership Studies and serves as Director of the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets Center for Leader Development at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. In addition to numerous articles, essays, and book chapters, he is author, co-author, or editor of 12 earlier books. The most recent title is Political Communication Ethics: An Oxymoron? (Praeger, 2000).

• Preface Five Pivotal Elements of the 2000 Presidential Campaign by Robert E. Denton Jr. And They All Came Calling: The Early Campaign of Election 2000 by Judith S. Trent The Rebels Revolt and the Empires Strike Back: A Tale of Two Insurgencies in the Presidential Nominations of 2000 by Henry C. Kenski Challenger and Incumbent Reversal in the 2000 Election by Craig Allen Smith and Neil Mansharamani One Nation, After All: Convention Frames and Political Culture by Rachel L. Holloway The 2000 Presidential Debates by Robert Friedenberg Digital Democracy 2000 by Rita Kirk Whillock and David E. Whillock Videostyle and Political Advertising Effects in the 2000 Presidential Campaign by Lynda Lee Kaid Network News Coverage of Campaign 2000: The Public Voice in Context by John C. Tedesco Explaining the Vote in a Divided Country: The Presidential Election of 2000 by Henry C. Kenski, Kate Kenski, and Brooks Aylor Selected Bibliography Index

ROBERT E. DENTON JR. holds the W. Thomas Rice Chair of Leadership Studies and serves as Director of the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets Center for Leader Development at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. In addition to numerous articles, essays, and book chapters, he is author, co-author, or editor of 12 earlier books. The most recent title is Political Communication Ethics: An Oxymoron? (Praeger, 2000).

• Preface Five Pivotal Elements of the 2000 Presidential Campaign by Robert E. Denton Jr. And They All Came Calling: The Early Campaign of Election 2000 by Judith S. Trent The Rebels Revolt and the Empires Strike Back: A Tale of Two Insurgencies in the Presidential Nominations of 2000 by Henry C. Kenski Challenger and Incumbent Reversal in the 2000 Election by Craig Allen Smith and Neil Mansharamani One Nation, After All: Convention Frames and Political Culture by Rachel L. Holloway The 2000 Presidential Debates by Robert Friedenberg Digital Democracy 2000 by Rita Kirk Whillock and David E. Whillock Videostyle and Political Advertising Effects in the 2000 Presidential Campaign by Lynda Lee Kaid Network News Coverage of Campaign 2000: The Public Voice in Context by John C. Tedesco Explaining the Vote in a Divided Country: The Presidential Election of 2000 by Henry C. Kenski, Kate Kenski, and Brooks Aylor Selected Bibliography Index

ROBERT E. DENTON JR. holds the W. Thomas Rice Chair of Leadership Studies and serves as Director of the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets Center for Leader Development at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. In addition to numerous articles, essays, and book chapters, he is author, co-author, or editor of 12 earlier books. The most recent title is Political Communication Ethics: An Oxymoron? (Praeger, 2000).

• Preface Five Pivotal Elements of the 2000 Presidential Campaign by Robert E. Denton Jr. And They All Came Calling: The Early Campaign of Election 2000 by Judith S. Trent The Rebels Revolt and the Empires Strike Back: A Tale of Two Insurgencies in the Presidential Nominations of 2000 by Henry C. Kenski Challenger and Incumbent Reversal in the 2000 Election by Craig Allen Smith and Neil Mansharamani One Nation, After All: Convention Frames and Political Culture by Rachel L. Holloway The 2000 Presidential Debates by Robert Friedenberg Digital Democracy 2000 by Rita Kirk Whillock and David E. Whillock Videostyle and Political Advertising Effects in the 2000 Presidential Campaign by Lynda Lee Kaid Network News Coverage of Campaign 2000: The Public Voice in Context by John C. Tedesco Explaining the Vote in a Divided Country: The Presidential Election of 2000 by Henry C. Kenski, Kate Kenski, and Brooks Aylor Selected Bibliography Index