Tag: Huckabee
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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: GOP debate, Fox News, Huckabee, 527s, advertising
On Chuck Norris, Mike Huckabee, and Voter Apathy
In the greatly over-extended lead up to the 2008 Presidential elections, one man is singlehandedly boosting underdog Mike Huckabee's chances while prooving exactly how irrelevant the entire process up until now has been.
He also has a wicked roundhouse kick.
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: Huckabee, Chuck Norris, voter apathy, roundhouse kick
"All American Presidential Forum" Served Many Political Masters
Billed as a "Covenant with Black America," six GOP Presidential contenders debated last night at Morgan State University in Baltimore. I have a duel purpose in commenting on the Forum: (1) the role of sponsor/topic focused debates and (2) comment on the actual event.
The "Black issues" forum raises the issue of specialty debates in the primary process. There are predicted to be nearly thirty or so primary presidential political debates, forums, hookups, etc., many hosted by "special interest groups." Some might dismiss the Covenant Forum as another boutique debate, and from one perspective it is, ostensibly limiting topical content and directing a laser beam on the party's relationship with minority voters.
It also can be seen as more than the likes of the Values Voter debate in Fort Lauderdale or the Democrat AARP Health Care debate in Davenport Iowa last week. Arguably it was a "network hosted" (most would give PBS that status) and addresses minorities who, collectively, will not long be a minority. Even more pointedly the "race issue" is party to all Americans.
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: All American Forum, forum, GOP, Huckabee, Tavis Smiley, primary debate, PBS
