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With 12 days of campaigning left before polling day, there is a sense that this is not the sort of election that we have become accustomed to.Thesays the cut and thrust that used to characterise elections has all but disappeared in what it calls a phoney, heavily staged-managed contest.
Benedict Brogan in the Daily Telegraph thinks the debates have suffocated what is left of traditional electioneering.
In short, he suggests, it has become a television series in three episodes.
Increased confidence
There is some evidence of traditional campaigning though.
TheDaily Express- among others - has a photograph of David Cameron's visit to a market with the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson.
The Independent saysMr Cameron's willingness to mingle with ordinary traders and shopperswas a sign of increased confidence.
Somewhat belatedly, suggests the Times,he has realised the more spontaneous he seems, the more voters warm to him.
Drummer Brown
Before Thursday's debate, it was reported that Nick Clegg had been advised to imagine he was talking to 10-year-olds.
This promptsthe Daily Mail to ask a group of 10-year-olds about the election.
One boy tells the paper that Nick Clegg would make a good comedian and David Cameron looks like he is very good at swimming.
Meanwhile, Gordon Brown would be a good drummer - "banging drums with the faces of the other leaders on front".
Poet tributes
The Financial Timessees Greece asking the IMF and the EU for emergency loans as a humiliationfor the country's Prime Minister, George Papandreou.
The paper thinks it is a brave and correct move, but it concludes that its success depends on what the IMF, the EU and Mr Papandreou do next.
There are many affectionate tributes to the poet, Peter Porter, who died yesterday at the age of 81.
The Daily Telegraphsays his poetry was wide ranging and philosophical.This article is from the BBC News website. ? British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.