Clearly it was CNN. Congratulations to Wolf Blitzer and the network’s crew for (finally) staging a debate that let Republican voters gauge the candidates further.
The format was crisp and clear, with no sermonizing from media talking heads. The questions were aimed toward what the primary electorate (i.e., Republicans) wanted to hear.
The primary process is ongoing. It doesn’t matter who “wins” this debate or that, or who wins particular straw or other polls. The electorate is more intelligent than pundits who constantly – through snapshots – pick winners and losers. Voters have months to decide who they will support. Tonight’s debate is just one way in which they will do that.
There are too many in the media that merely pick daily winners and losers, rather than performing serious analysis of candidates’ platforms and leadership history. Newsflash: It’s called “vetting”. And that’s what primary voters want to do during the months that precede an election.
The media should have learned this lesson after their lack of such during the Obama campaign.
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