If you're anything like me this time of year is special. Crisp fall air...the changing colors of the trees...football on Sundays....and once every four years, a US Presidential Election to marvel at. This years is particularly interesting.
To me it feels like a leather helmet gridiron battle of the left vs. the right. Style vs. substance. Posturing vs. rhetoric. But watch out; what might get lost among the political horse collars and crack back blocks is the truth.
Whatever side you fall on, the James Cameron like dreams of Obama's great society, or the grit and pragmatism of Romney's top down plan, you have to admit all the partisan smoke and mirrors make it hard to tell the magic from the slight of hand. With so much spin, and so little common ground, it's hard to fathom either side ever getting anything done, regardless of who wins.
I worry this whole thing is too much about winning, and not enough about getting the right stuff done.
And I worry the media will play far too large a role in influencing who wins. Evidence tonight's second presidential debate. The moderator is Candy Crowley from CNN. Here are the thoughts of Maurice Eisenstein the Associate Professor of Political Science at Purdue University.
Candy
Crowley is NOT going to do it fairly. She has consistently been
supportive of any Democrat and especially Barak Obama. Since she has
NEVER done an act of reporting, moderating, or speaking that is not
biased against a Republican and in this case Romney, one can be sure
that this debate will be stacked against Romney. We can only guess how
badly; but, there is no question it will be.
If this is true, then Candy Crowley is the political equivalent of a Danish soccer referee. And we know what that will likely mean.
Let's hope for more balance.
