I have no problem with the idea of members of the opposition party asking the candidates questions. However they should be identified as such, not pawned off as “undecided” voters.
It sends the message to the more politically naive that these are the questions that “Republicans just like me” are asking elsewhere. The practice is unmitigated fraud with a purpose.
Again, I do not object to the questions being ‘too hard’ or somesuch nonsense, but to the source being blatantly misrepresented by CNN. The liberal networks do this all the time, i.e. putting on left wing activists on a variety of issues to comment on the news and passing them off as everyday Janes and Joes.
We're 100% in agreement, there.
One of my pet peeves with the MSM is to take the fringe and make it look mainstream. For instance, if you watch any reality TV show for 5 minutes it's painfully obvious that the people on them are scripted cartoonish stereotypes. However, to someone a little less perceptive, (or uncaring, or bluntly...stupid) the shows are just that....reality. "Jeez, people have horrendous personal drama ALL the time! And every 3rd person in the world is a politically acceptable minority, or gay! And everyone in the world is 20-something, and has nothing better to do but sit arond and drink Starbucks! And all Republicans are bigoted hatemongers (I actually heard that one recently) and all corporations (except politically acceptable ones) are evil. And...etc etc" Thus the slide of society goes...
So, all ranting aside, I guess that I think that the content of the questions was fine, but not their misrepresentation. Hope that this story gets some legs.