presidential history that election eve has been a night of terrible tv shows put on by the candidates. really long form, terrible television. the republicans, i think, started it in 1952. they put eisenhower on tv for an hour on election eve. he was sitting there in a chair with his wife on his right and running mate nixon there on his left. this thick weng went on for an . eisenhower is a towering figure in republican politics. but on election eve in 1952, they tried to make it seem all homey. it was just terrible. the point of the show is that you share it with us as we sit here tu take a look at what they were going to do. so in that way, we all get to be