I live in an insulated political bubble, and I don't like it. During the debate tonight, Gary and I cheered and whooped, I followed liberals on Twitter, and then Gary watched MSNBC.
Gary visited the bathroom and I switched on FOX, because there cannot be only one side to a story, or because I wanted to see them cry, whatever. Of course, they were biased. They got pretty bogged down in the Rose Garden speech. I don't care whether he said the next day that the Libya attack was an act of terror the next day. I'd much rather he thinks about it for two weeks, really.
Gary flipped on CSPAN, then back to CNN, and finally I gave up on hearing a balanced argument. Gary came to find me later to say it was a draw.
I was interested in the format, having run these forums myself. It was not so easy for the candidates to avoid hard questions. The undecideds did a good job. I would have been totally intimidated as an audience member.
Posted by: Hattie | October 17, 2012 at 01:22 AM
I hasten to add that I have never run a presidential debate, in case you had not figured that out. But the dynamics are the same, whether these are local or national contests.
Posted by: Hattie | October 17, 2012 at 01:23 AM
Hattie - I kept thinking that if I were a moderator I would cut the mic of anyone who interrupted or went overtime.
Posted by: TheQueen | October 17, 2012 at 11:24 PM
That would be an awesome debate. It would be like on Jeopardy when the people keep shaking their buzzer because it's disabled for buzzing in too soon.
Posted by: Caroline | October 21, 2012 at 09:57 PM
Caroline - I will say, "You are dismissed" and then, silence.
Posted by: TheQueen | October 21, 2012 at 11:26 PM