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Originally Posted by jonvoight's car
I agree that some of the biggest issues seemed to be missing (from the reports I read; I didn't get to see the debate). But isn't that mainly due to the questions selected by CNN? It sounds like the focus of the questions was on guns, God, gays and immigration. Were there any questions about health care, energy policy, foreign policy, jobs, the value of the dollar, the price of oil, the housing market, etc.? How about Annapolis and the issue of Palestine?
As for the "plant" issue, I can imagine the uproar had this happened on the other side. I mean, 3 or 4 questions in a primary debate from people already supporting a candidate from the opposing party? And giving the Clinton supporter the floor for an almost 2-minute follow-up speech at a Republican primary debate isn't the most proper thing CNN has ever done. I can't imagine, for instance, that a 2-minute floor speech by a Giuliani supporter at a Democratic debate on how the Democrats want us to lose in Iraq would go over very well. But I don't see it as that big of a deal or evidence of CNN's duplicity. In fact, I agree with this: Again, I think that the main problem with CNN's handling of the debate wasn't who they had asking the questions. It was that the questions as a whole didn't seem to hit the most important issues. |
