Tonight's Debate

[sleigh]

The worst thing about watching the Republican candidate debate was enduring Wolf Blitzer's inane questions, blatant pandering, and vacuous commentary.

ETA: I don't have the inclination to get out a stopwatch and re-watch the debate, but it seemed to me that while there were eight candidates up there, a few of them received significantly more air time than the others -- it felt as if CNN/Blitzer had already decided that some of the candidate (Hi, Hunstman & Gingrich & Santorum & Paul & Cain) were already out of the race. And if you look at CNN's "Full Coverage" article of the debate (http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/09/12/debate.teaparty/index.html?hpt=hp_c1) and count the number of mentions of names, here's what you get;

Perry: 18
Romney: 11
Bachman: 8
Santorum: 3
Gingrich: 2
Paul: 1
Huntsman: 1
Cain: 1

CNN is apparently already "calling the race" for some of the candidates without a vote being taken.

Comments

[spaceoperadiva.livejournal.com]

This was one of the most interesting things about the debate coverage this morning when I saw the news-- It was all about Perry, with little mention of anyone else in the headlines. It's as though for certain media outlets, the debates took place simply to showcase Perry as the GOP candidate.