The Democratic presidential race had pretty much come down to Walter Mondale, Gary Hart, and Jesse Jackson, and the objective on this show, as WFB puts it, "is to examine this race from other than the usual perch along the Eastern Seaboard." The lively discussion covers the ups and downs of the current race; but it also asks what actually are the differences between the Heartland and the East Coast. Mr. Yepsen: "There are rituals and duties and routines that come from being tillers of the soil.... I'm not saying that it's better or worse, but it certainly makes it different to know in the springtime the issue is rain and getting a crop planted, and that's of concern to a businessman and to the governor at the State Capitol." Mr. Zielenziger: "What is news in Washington often is not news here. So much of Washington news is gossip."