the kicker

Countdown to Nada

August 25, 2008

CNN has a huge countdown to the official gavel banging–“You don’t want to miss this,” Wolf Blitzer said–and meanwhile, in the wide shot, the Pepsi Center looks empty.

Where is everyone?!!! And why don’t they care?!!! “History is about to be made,” Blitzer says!!!

Katia Bachko is on staff at The New Yorker.