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Show 3 candidates have suffered death of a child Post, director of the political THE ASSOCIATED PRESS psychology program at The George Washington UniverPresiWASHINGTON sity in Washingtoa "Yet I think on balance dential candidates Fred Thompson, John Edwards and there is a humanizing aspect Joe Biden belong to a club that to it that'they, too, have no one wants to join. Each has known what it's like to lose a lost a child. child, a loved one," said Post, a psychiatrist and a former In their campaigns, they raise the subject of their perpsychological profiler for the CIA. sonal tragedies only occasionThompson, the actor and ally and, even then, usually in former GOP senator from a tangential way. Edwards has talked about Tennessee, recently mentioned his daughter's death the death of his son in the context of his wife's from an accidental overdose of prescription drugs as he battle with cancer. Biden has recalled the people who sought to explain a lifetime helped him when his wife and of events that prompted him to consider running for the young daughter were killed White House. in an auto accident. Thomp"I've had a lot of soberson has cited his daughter's death as one of the ing experiences in my life," events that have shaped his Thompson told The Associated Press during a break in outlook. "It's a sensitive subject," campaigning at the Iowa State said Stanley Renshon, a politi- Fair last month. "I've had the ultimate tragedy of losing a cal science professor and psychild. I've had the ultimate choanalyst at City University of New York. "The loss of a joy of having a child and then child ordinarily is devastating another one a little later in life than most. You don't come out to families. It ranks up there with loss of a spouse, probably of living through those things without having a deeper even higher on the life stress understanding of what's imrating scales they use in psyportant and what's not," said chology." For the candidates, there Thompson, who joined the are risks and gains to opening GOP field last week. Elizabeth Thompson Panici, up to voters on such sensitive who suffered from bipolar subjects, experts on political disorder, died in January 2002. psychology said. "Some voters consider Her death was a major factor in Thompson's decision two these matters private. They months later not to seek a wouldn't talk about it themsecond full term in the Senate, selves. It makes them unfriends and colleagues said at comfortable," said Jerrold the time. Joan Lowy I (Q) .in "I simply do not have the heart for another term," Thompson told reporters. In June of the same year, he married Jeri Kehn, a political and media consultant. They have a daughter, Hayden, born in 2003, and a son, Samuel, born in 2006. Thompson, 65, also has two grown sons and seven grandchildrea It is not unusual for tragedies such as the loss of a child to serve as a source of motivation and resolve, Post said. "In particular," Post said, "what one sometimes sees and there are no total rules in this by any means is that with the emphasis on the fragility of life there comes a kind of commitment to make every moment count and to focus all the more closely on the importance of relationships and how one lives one's six-ye- ar life." In March, Edwards and his wife, Elizabeth, announced that her breast cancer had spread to her bone. As an example of their ability to cope with adversity, the couple cited the death of their son, Wade, in a car accident in 1996. Wade was driving with a friend to the beach in North Carolina when a strong wind blew his Jeep off the road and it flipped over. Elizabeth Edwards said her husband "has an unbelievable toughness, a reserve that allows him to push forward with what needs to happen." . Sunday, September 9, 2007 HERALD DAILY A10 ' Latinos anticipate historic debate from Democrats among politicians but within the television industry. audiences have said David Bohrman, CNN's MIAMI Would that 1984 Washington bureau chief. "It's ranged from fewer than one d million for MSNBCs been an interesting year of presidential debate have been Democratic debate in as memorable, or as decisive, experimentation in debates. if Walter Mondale had fixed We've all recognized that the August to 3.1 million for Fox News' Republican debate in Gary Hart with an exasperated old rules are really rules, and New Hampshire last week. A ... debates. demanded: Donde reinvent can we and glare Joe Garcia, chairman of the esta el bistec? We could find out fresh look at the debate proMiami-Dad- e Democratic Party, Demwas It a that's when cess, good night thing. eight Sunday believes the telecast will be a ocratic candidates square off a pretty stuffy old process." in Miami in the first nationally As the presidential campaign landmark event in the Hispanic trail lengthens and debates multelevised debate en espanoL world, drawing millions of In an acknowledgment of tiply Sunday's will be the 10th viewers who have felt left out orof American politics: "I believe one televised this year the explosive growth of Hismore eyeballs will be watching more than 16 panic voters ganizers have gone to some million will be eligible to cast exotic lengths to make each one this one than any other so far." stand-out-. ThereVe been deballots in next year's election Industry ratings analysts are all the declared contenders more cautious. They expect an bates themed at black, gay and labor forums and even one built audience of 1.5 million or so, for the Democratic nominae fewer if the debate turns into a tion are joining in a debate around videos submitted to in which questions were clunky marathon of translation sponsored by and televised on the Spanish-languag- e network asked by characters dressed as glitches. CNN's Bohrman, who Univisioa helped produce some ABC Vikings and snowmea shows in the 1980s in "The more debates, the more The candidates won't actuwhich Soviet and American ofcreative the outlets," said Bill ally be speaking Spanish, a ficials talked with one another Whalen, a research fellow at language most of them don't via satellite, says translations understand. Instead, questions the conservative Hoover Instiand answers will be simultane- tution think tank and a former can dull down a program fast. "We found it very, very difously translated. speechwriter for California ficult to maintain a conversaGov. Pete Wilson. "God forbid, "It's a great moment, a historic moment," says Maria there could even be an MTV tion," he remembers. "A lot of language is in something Elena Salinas, who along with debate at some point." it's the Univision's Salinas liked the other than the words her fellow Univision anchor, YouTube debate, televised by gestures, the tone, the cadence. Jorge Ramos, will moderate You just don't feel like you're CNN this summer, which she the debate. "The candidates will be speaking to the fastest-growin- g thought brought a healthy pop- getting the whole answer, the whole communication, because segment of American ulist streak into the picture. "We need to keep in mind you're hearing a translation." society. It's a sign of respect." Univision's Salinas scoffs at that debates are not intellectuIt's also uncharted terals talking to intellectuals, or the objectioa "We interview ritory on the maps of both people in English all the time," politics and television. Will the politicians talking to politishe said. "We've covered lots debate's novelty draw a bigger cians," she said. "It's not about of press conferences where we audience than the two million , the pundits, the journalists or even the candidates themselves. had to translate English. And viewers who usually watch realwe did some where we had to Univision's Sunday-nigh- t It's about the actual voters." How many of those viewers translate Italian when the pope ity shows? Or does boredom died. ... We're not minority TV, will be watching is a matter with public-affaiprogram-min- g of intense interest not only we're a professional network." cross cultural lines? "I'll certainly be watching with a good deal of curiosity," Glenn Garvin MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS English-l- anguage labor-oriente- You-Tub- public-a- ffairs rs U restate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among American men other than skin cancer. One in six American men is at lifetime risk. 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