Speaking of Obama. Why isn't this guy up 20+ points in the polls? He's had non stop, positive...no, make that pro active....coverage in the media. If anyone can post a negative story on Obama from the main stream media (FOX, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, ABC etc...) I would like to see it. Unbelievable that he is only up a hand full of pts., considering the implosion by McCain/Palin.
Actually as a "thinker" you're perhaps the most compelling leftest on this site. You're sort of like me. I can tell you're not Joe Ivy League but in I.Q.-the ability to score abstract points-you're a creative playmaker who throws away the playbook when forced out of the pocket. That's not to say I have any intellectual respect for your conclusions but as mind I'd rate you CLEARLY more intuitive than inside the box arguers like loZZZer, Bigdave etal.
I'm not sure I agree with that. It's glaringly obvious that Palin had no clue on about half the questions she was asked, and was basically just making little mini-speeches on whatever subject she could segue into from the question she was asked. I would have like Ifill to interrupt and say 'The question was...'. Maybe I just wish that that's the role these moderators would take on. Otherwise it isn't a debate, it's... well, it's what we ended up seeing. I'm sure the right would say that Ifill could have dialed Biden in a few times as well.
Gwen Ifill did a poor job in that respect. An effective moderator would not have lost sight of the fact that the moderator's duties include upholding the rules of engagement between: A) the two participants B) the participants and the questions Political debates in which the moderator merely acts as a passive questioner do a disservice not only to the American populace, but to the political process itself.
The game plan remains intact: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/05/no-questions-palin-wont-t_n_124256.html On the role of a moderator: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/judy-muller/as-palin-refused-to-answe_b_131524.html