“Only one thing is certain,” CNN’s opening montage declares. “Expect the unexpected.” That hits the spot. We need false hope at a time like this. It’s the 19th Republican debate. Everything that can happen probably already has. The screen flickers with a Romney video clip from the campaign trail. “We’re not choosing a talk show host,” he says. This will need to be fact checked.
-1 minutes. As everyone awaits the third Republican presidential debate of the season, Bill O’Reilly is wrapping up his show on Fox News. When he threatens to call Professor Cornel West a “pinhead,” America knows. It’s go time. 0 minutes. “Thanks Bill,” says Bret Baier, the blockishly handsome anchorman with a hard-boiled name. He welcomes everybody, but [...]
Presidential campaigns have grown over-saturated with debates — there will be five more before Halloween — but some are more important than others. Thursday night’s Republican forum in Iowa feels like a big one. Several candidates have something to prove, and at least one has a lot to lose–even if the most interesting figure of [...]
