Boston Globe Op-Ed Handicaps General Election Debates
Alan Schroeder, School of Journalism at Northeastern University and author of Presidential Debates: 50 Years of High-Risk TV, handicaps the potential McCain/Clinton and McCain/Obama debates anticipated for next fall.
In his Boston Globe Op-Ed Schroeder, observes, for example
McCain lacks his rival's efficiency, and unlike Clinton, he operates close to the emotional surface. A debate between them would represent a reversal of stereotypes, with the male candidate appealing to the heart and the female appealing to the head.
