Nov. 04, 2008: The Writer's Almanac

Tuesday’s Poem: “Success is counted sweetest” by Emily Dickinson. Tuesday’s Literary Notes: Today is Election Day. It’s the 56th presidential election of the United States, and today is the first time in more than 50 years that neither the sitting president nor the sitting vice president is a candidate on his party’s ticket in the new presidential election. It’s also the very first time in history that the two main candidates for president are both sitting senators. The last sitting senator to…