Tag: GOP debate
Air Force One Stole the Show for a Second Time - GOP Debate at Reagan Library
I am aware that debates offer information to viewers that have not tuned in before. Yet anyone interested enough to stayed tuned in for this Reagan Library affair likely was familiar with the battle for Florida, finished just yesterday, yet there was nothing new. Even if debates are ultimately staged for the chattering class, they too should be disappointed. Nothing much happened.
The debate felt like a microcosm of the Florida primary: same lines, same issues, same tired phrasing. In fairness, no one can come up with new material that close to perhaps the decisive primary; it was more a scheduling error serving News needs than those of candidates or voters.
The GOP debate in Boca Raton last Thursday was dull. This encounter had a couple sparks, but also failed to engage.
The two GOP Reagan Library debates that served as bookends for the GOP Primary debate season both were upstaged by the presence of Air Force One.
What follows are some pundit-level comments:
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Dysfunctional in Myrtle Beach -South Carolina's GOP Debate
Debatescoop.com is designed to convey an informed, sometimes, academic voice to the understanding of political debate, an element often missing in the age of punditry, but sometimes you can't resist. So what follows are impressions, perhaps imprudent, but nonetheless have a bit of truth about them.
Debates are not just about issues and formats, but impressions and subtle moments have political consequence. I missed the gendered judgment when John Edwards turned on Hillary in New Hampshire, more intrigued by the "whatever-it-takes" gaming than the "piling on" that Hillary had unsuccessfully tried to instill after the Philadelphia debate. I heard Obama's comment, "You're likable enough" as kidding humor, not the creation of a victim, but . . . . We're all captive to our gendered viewpoint.
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Fox Features Fail -January 6 GOP Debate
In past Fox debates the productions were comparatively superior in shedding light on the unfolding contest. In this one they slipped, looking more like the hype of their regular program masquerading as news. Three conventions took away from the professional substantive pattern of earlier Fox efforts.
1. The debate was framed with the same busy screen/sensationalism of regular news, including the interpretive new crawl at the bottom of the screen. Candidates appeared to speak for themselves but were not privy to the sometimes contradictory statements scowling across the screen. FirstRead's Chuck Todd noted instances of questionable editorial decisions, including continual reminders of how many times Rudy has been married. By chance?
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GOP DEBATE - ST ANSELM'S COMRADERY - SAVE ONE
Unlike earlier Republican debates for nearly forty minutes it looked like Mitt Romney was going to have a good night. His constructions, interchange, and reasons were clearly superior to efforts in other debates.
Yet that was not how it turned out. Mitt Romney took a beating, at nearly every level.
It seemed apparent that the other candidates really don't like this guy. If the evidence of nearly everyone taking shots, often offering dismissive comments in content and tone is not enough, the confirmation was when the candidates exited their seats when the debate ended, everyone greeting, exchanging smiling and for most what nonverbally appeared to be genuine niceties. Not one spoke to Romney, standing alone, stiff and isolated.
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GOTCHA - THE FALLACY OF CNN'S DEBATE QUESTIONS
My prejudice is that the CNN-YouTube debates were poorly orchestrated affairs, and have said so on record (Minnesota Public Radio) . This project is a more systematic examination of the questions selected by CNN. After viewing the questions preferred by Anderson Cooper and others I expected to find the following:
- Entertainment bias in selection
- Gotcha Questions
- Themes aimed at Party (GOP) hypocrisy
- Issues selection tilted toward conflict/drama rather than consequence
When I examined the individual questions my inquiry took an unexpected turn. Certainly, many of the questions could be viewed through the above lens, but the variety of questions was much richer than their generalized duplicity. Damning the questions as double-dealing alone fails to answer
how the questions worked. What were their specific sins?
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It's Not YouTube's Mess . . .
techPresident has just pointed out that YouTube has invited feedback following the CNN debacle GOP debate. They interpret that call as YouTube "responding to the CNN blowback." OK, but why? CNN made the choice from thousands of questions, selected the rotations, and delighted in the "you're a hypocrite" framing. The offending party is not YouTube.
The jury is in and it is nearly unanimous: CNN's selection process produced entertainment, not light. Even the Save-the-Debate-Coalition condemned the process. The voice was less that of voters and more of CNN's "crack political team." Save-the-Debate writes:
Unfortunately, CNN's flawed editorial process in choosing the questions asked of the candidates marred an otherwise lively debate and betrayed the trust of the Republican candidates and the YouTube user community.
Not to mention voters who are left to assess crazy questions eliciting equally undignified answers.
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"It's All about Anderson" - Hyping the GOP CNN-YouTube Debate
Turn to the last page of the November 26-December 3 issue of U.S. News and World Report and you will find an advertisement hawking the upcoming GOP CNN-YouTube debate, airing Wednesday Nov 28 at 8 pm (EST).
I have observed before how the debates have become property of news outlets. CNN, in my observation, is the most obvious (and obnoxious), in making the debate about themselves, the candidates be damned. Surely it is unfair to say "It's all about Anderson" because it really is about CNN. A critical reading of the advertisement seems fair in this post-modern era and makes the point better than another lament. The network is the judge, jury, and executioner even in its promotion.
Five observations about the visuals and copy speak to the relationship between the messenger and the message.
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