I do find it a bit worrisome, though from what I've read her book is more on thearc of black politics post-civil rights than it is on Obama in particular. Obama just happens to be the apex of that, since he's likely to become the first african american President. I also wonder if she wouldn't sell just as many or more books if Obama lost the election. The whole "what went wrong? Was it racism? Was it because he was an angry black man?" etc bit. Obviously the Commission on Presidential Debates didn't think it would be a problem. Still, I would have been happier if this wasn't an issue at all because the moderator should never be the focus of the debate.
I'm not a big Jim Leher fan, but I thought he did a good job in the first debate. He guided things gently, let the candidates go at it and mostly kept out of the way. Much better than most of the moderators in the Democratic primary debates. I wish the format of the VP debate allowed for the same back and forth as the first Presidential debate. It just doesn't seem like a debate if they aren't directly questioning one another and responding. Ah well. Judah On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 10:02 PM, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I tend to agree with McCain that Ifill is a professional and she will do a > decent job. However, the fact that she has a financial stake in Obama > becoming President should disqualify her automatically. > > http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/02/us/politics/02debate.html > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:271890 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
