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Sat 05 May 2007Cue the vacuous noiseTV Review: Two weeks into the election campaign and the romper-room party is in full swing, writes Hilary Fannin.Bashful Bertie is refusing to come out of the sandpit, Masher McDowell is banging his auspicious cranium off the walls, jolly Pat Rabbitte is on the toy telephone looking for a media consultant, and poster boy Enda Kenny is twirling his kiss curl and crawling on to the electorate's lap with his Dana songbook promising all kinds of everything.