The series of Republican Debates have been interesting but in many instances disappointing. Several Debates and each one has some different tones but what I am observing is that most of the Moderators do not exert much if any effort to get an answer from Candidates.
Each Debate has numerous questions that come from different sources. Having live audience participation in questions is great as is the inputs from the Web and Twitter.
But most of the candidates elect to weave, bob and spin away from an answer. This is basically being evasive. It amazes me that the candidates so often get to escape actually answering the question. They get to spin and pivot and go off onto their sound bites that they want in the 10 seconds that they have to make a point.
Moderators need to dig more and be firm with the candidates and be blunt if necessary and come back to the candidate and say "we want an answer to the question not a canned talking point or diversion. Or, how about: Here is the question; please answer it.
Also the time limit management varies. The most recent debate in Las Vegas had poor time management. What about just cutting their microphone off ? Technology makes such things very easy to do.
So think about this: if they are Ducking questions as a candidate what will they do if elected ? We already have a guy in office now who has mastered that. Don't know about the readers; but this writer prefers those who will answer the question and if they don't have an answer say so. It is a quality of a person that means a lot when you think about it.
Fake left and run right should remain in Football as it has no place in contemporary Politics.
Next Blog posting we will expound a bit on the Bickering on stage. What does it really achieve and why are the candidates so dumb to begin and continue such nonsense ?
