Bret was like a journeyman carpenter building a deck, was plying his trade in a workmanlike manner. Bret is a master journeyman journalist.
The expressions on his face indicated to me that he was plying his trade well with the known outcome of achieving nothing of substance.
I got no vibes he is in the tank for anyone.
I’ve watched Special Report for years. Unlike some of his FNC colleagues, Brett is usually very friendly and dignified in his political interviews even as he asks tough questions. This was the case during his interviews with Obama. Last evening, I thought he was loaded for bear in the aggressiveness and condescension of his questioning. At times, Baier seemed agitated that he could not pin Cruz down and he would just not accept the answers. For his part, Cruz did substantively well, but did get flustered for a moment at Brett’s disdain and contentiousness, which was probably unexpected.
My problem with this episode is that Baier’s behavior and approach was so different from previous interviews with Cruz and other candidates. He clearly had a goal, which was to damage Cruz...to bring him down a notch by impugning his truthfulness over amnesty. The beneficiary of this attack is Rubio! Since the FNC crew consistently fawns over Kid Marco while Hume, Krauthammer, and others periodically slam or marginalize Cruz, it appears that Baier has moved from a master journeyman journalist, so-called “Fair & Balanced”, to a typical MSM political hack, in the tank against a Cruz Presidency, IMHO. This was very disappointing!