The debate itself was terrible. Brokaw picked questions that he, himself would ask on Meet the Press. They were not questions the average American wanted asked and answered. They were generic. That helps Obama. It doesn’t necessarily hurt McCain but doesn’t help him. It was a total wasted opportunity given what the format should have been. Brokaw sucked.
“It was a total wasted opportunity given what the format should have been. Brokaw sucked.”
Right and Right. And this is a basic point, the format:
It would have been easier for McCain to come back at Obama’s wild lies, misrepresentations. cluelessness and idiocy if they had not been denied rebuttal by the moderator. This was not a “Debate” where, frankly, either of them had an opportunity to rebut what the other just said in reply to a question (on those rare times when BO actually replied to one, that is). That’s what drives me crazy more than anything. Answer the question, One, Two, now answer this one, One, Two ...... no rebuttal = no argument = nothing gained and no debate.
I’m sure I’m not the only one here who was on debating teams in school decades ago. We know what a debate is. That wasn’t it. Just my 2 cents.