71.   The routine is remarkably prescient because Newhart is a spin doctor talking to Lincoln by phone.

72.   The spin doctor was telling a story on himself.

73.   The spin doctors are making house calls.

74.   The spin doctors at work this past week showed either inexperience with hostile deals or reluctance.

75.   The spin doctors?

76.   The Vatican spin doctors used all the tools in their little black bag, but they still botched the operation.

77.   There was no teleprompter in sight or scene directors in charge or spin doctors darting about to explicate even as the candidate spoke.

78.   Think of it as first aid, as provided by spin doctors.

79.   This guy proves to be something different from what the spin doctors ordered.

80.   This, Dimbleby tells me, is just what the spin doctors ordered.