Bush hasn't taken a question from campaign journos in weeks <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24541-2004Sep15.html>
Washington Post John Kerry isn't any better. He hasn't held a formal news conference or even answered questions from smaller groups of reporters -- an "avail" in campaign-speak -- in more than a month, writes Paul Farhi. "The two vice presidential candidates are not much different from their bosses," he reports.