rawstory.com — A chart published by the Presidential campaign of Senator Christopher Dodd (D-CT) indicated a major imbalance in the time allotted to different Democratic hopefuls by CNN broadcaster Wolf Blitzer, who moderated tonight's two hour debate at St. Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire.
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zwarren69Jun 4, 2007
I agree they might spin in Pauls favor, for a change.
slapthemonkeyJun 5, 2007
I agree with pintomp
look4truthJun 5, 2007
The NWO agenda is painfully obvious for everyone to see. The question people need to ask is, who's being silenced and why? They're going to do it again tonight, push Ghouliani and McCain while ignoring Ron Paul. What they forget though is this is OUR country and we will NOT be silenced!
chicken2niteJun 5, 2007
I agree with mcduck. Biden was also concise and to the point, clearly stating his point of view and reasons for action. Richardson seemed to be srtuggling to get through his talking points before being interupted by Blitzer.I did appreciate how this debate was structured in terms of allowing the candidates to directly confront each other about their answers, whereas before Gravel was in breach of the MSNBC debate rules when he asked Obama directly if he would use of nuclear weapons in a pre-emptive war. The thing is when the candidates can go after each other, they would tend to focus on the top tier ones in order to take them down a peg and move themselves up. This is why Edwards was focused on Hilary and Obama and no one had anything bad to say about Joe Biden (which makes me hopeful that he could find a place on the ticket, whoever may be on top). As such, no one is going to really go out of their way to go after Dodd, Gravell or Richardson as it wouldn't gain them any points politically.Also keep in mind that a main point of these debates is to prove you're still a viable candidate so that the contributions keep pouring in. That's probably why Edwards was making sure to go after the two other top tier candidates.As for Blizter, I'd say that he did a good job of keeping the debate moving, calling on people when they had something to add to the topic at hand. I do recall one instance when Kucinich was going to be asked a question and instead answered the previous question, leading to him being skipped from answering his own question, but that was his own fault I suppose.
cannedmangoJun 6, 2007
@bupublueI don't agree with you that Gravel is kooky (a little scary too) or that Kucinich is left-leaning.... what I have a problem with is being led down the garden path by the network who claim to be fair to everyone but clearly are not. If I don't like Kucinich's left-leaning views then I won't vote for him, simple. But to say that because I don't like a person's views that they should get less speaking time is absolutely ridiculous. Right now, every candidate on that stage is a viable option for the leadership of the Democratic Party, and it's not CNN's place to rank them in any way or to say that because some candidate is leading in some poll that they deserve more time. Nor should media outlets be able to influence the viewers with these news story feedback loops they create when they report what other stations are reporting. I would like to see a debate where ideas are shared instead of candidates being highlighted.
Closed AccountJun 6, 2007
because he is a human being that shares the majority view and the others are ... well, no one is absolutely sure yet.
buff01Jun 6, 2007
Anyone who saw the republican debate saw that Ron Paul only got ~ 5min to speak while RUDY MC ROMNEY, three empty suits with nothing to say, got 15 minutes each. The MSM is choosing the nominees for us.TELL YOUR FRIENDS. GET YOUR NEWS ON THE NET. BIG MEDIA CANNOT BE TRUSTED.
tonylocneJun 28, 2007
you know I was right there along with you up until the point you said you'd vote for Hilary if it came down to the wire... I'm not condoning an "anybody but Hilary campaign," as was done with John Kerry, but it's coming to the point where we will have nothing left in this country but dynasty presidents or crooked and corrupt politicians. I no longer believe that we are living in a just and equal society, nor do I believe it ever will be again. In all honesty, if this election is as f**ked up as the past two have been, I'm making plans to leave and head for higher grounds and I would encourage more people to take the same response.. I don't want to leave my country, but when you look at the situation with a little intuition, will it ever be the way it was?"Oh mother should I trust the government"