the Republican candidates cannot manage the debate process, which certainly seems to be the conclusion a reasonable person would draw

No, the reasonable conclusion to draw from the debates is this: there is considerable media bias and it affects the way candidates from the respective parties are treated by the moderators.

Most people already realize this.

By a 39% to 20% margin, American adults believe that the three major broadcast networks deliver news with a bias in favor of liberals. A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that just 25% believe that ABC, CBS, and NBC deliver the news without any bias.

Similar results are found for CNN and National Public Radio (NPR). By a margin of 33% to 16%, Americans say that CNN has a liberal bias. The nation’s adults say the same about NPR by a 27% to 14% margin.

The deck is stacked, and the folks watching at home know it.

Unless the major media does all of the heavy lifting for Hillary,(selling her as the most competent while defending her as a poor little woman)

The already have been doing the heavy lifting. The MSM has become an arm of the DNC in this election.

Tim Russert has asked the only serious question in years and I think it was an accident. I do not think Russert thought that Hillary would not be able to handle such an easy softball.

Make no mistake about it, unless conservatives start refusing to “play the game” we will loose in 2008. Sadly, the MSM has incredible influence on the average American.

Just look how many Americans actually believe man made Global Warming is real. The MSM is largely responsible for perpetuating this fraud.

The average American has no idea we are talking about one degree temperature increase and are willing to put up with ethanol, hybrids,CAFE standards and increased taxes to prevent something that does not exist.

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Unless the major media does all of the heavy lifting for Hillary,(selling her as the most competent while defending her as a poor little woman)

They will. They really will. You supposition has a future. Count on it.

One has to understand that in addition to saving the souls of all those who believe in the Democrat Party, the Party has the unending task of providing jobs for its innumerable unqualified “intellectuals” (meaning the term in the “public” sense.) This jobs thing is absolutely crucial to understanding how the Party works. It is why Democrats bicker and gripe at each other constantly — and yes, all manage to come together harmoniously on election day.

As Ann Coulter has stated, it is amazing the Democrats ever lose. But I think we have turned a corner as a country, and that amazement will disappear as we move towards the reality of a one-party start.

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h/t Instapundit – The Des Moines Register’s Hillary endorsement it would seem the operative term schoolmarm for the editor was the correct one after all. I don’t believe I’ve ever read an endorsement that sent the candidate on his or…

Now Hillary may not be the nominee, though I doubt her current problems are nearly as serious long-term as some apparently believe, but whoever wins the Democrat nomination is certain to make short work of these guys. 2008 is going to be horribly painful to watch.

I don’t know…seems to me that Rudy, Mitt and Mike are all twice the debaters that GW ever was, and the democrat nominees all went nowhere in 2000 and 2004 against GW.

Unless the major media does all of the heavy lifting for Hillary,(selling her as the most competent while defending her as a poor little woman)I think she’s going to have a tough, general election campaign ahead of her.

It used to be the rule in business that if you could not manage your household (got a divorce, kid in counseling, that sort of thing) you could not be trusted to handle the challenges of managing any aspect of the company. Seriously folks, how much easier is it to manage a debate than to manage one’s own house?

Putting it another way: when are the Republicans going to get off this “nice-guy, aw shucks, gee whiz, I just want to do right” routine and start acting like competent men? Not a lot of time.

Now Hillary may not be the nominee, though I doubt her current problems are nearly as serious long-term as some apparently believe, but whoever wins the Democrat nomination is certain to make short work of these guys. 2008 is going to be horribly painful to watch.
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Brian NY referred to Tim Russert as having a prima facie bias.

I guess you’re right, but I didn’t originally think of it that way. I’m simply stunned that almost every corner of the major media has an ex-democrat operative running the editorial helm. Judging by their reaction towards the content of just one cable new network, (Fox) I can’t imagine most democrats would tolerate Karl Rove and Ari Fleischer running the Washington News Bureaus at ABC and NBC, yet that is the level of control the democrats have had for years now.

…and when she (Hillary) fell on her tush, she accused Russert of playing gotcha.

The venom of Team Clinton’s counter-attack against Tim Russert really surprised me and convinced me that this lady’s campaign is in real trouble.

I personally think Tim Russert’s “aww, gee, schucks” style of commentary is “full of it,” however, I acknowledge that a lot of Americans like him. For Team Hillary to demean him and his question (as if he was Ken Starr or a jilted ex-lover of Bubba’s) was truly excessive, and really highlighted one of Hillary’s negatives.

It must be a genetic thing….the dhimi/socialist gene.

Any candidate who raised their hand for the stupid global warming question is a RINO and should be shown the door by conservatives. Thompson, Hunter and Tancredo are the only conservatives on the stage.

On December 15th, 2007 at 3:12 pm, Gianni said: #26

Yeah, I guess that makes sense since Iowa usually goes Democrat in the General election. I suppose Carolyn “Ratched” Washburn is just writing what her audience wants to hear, regardless of the truth.

Mildred Ratched told the boys,”It’s time for your pills. Open wide”.

She looks just like a younger Hillary, before her first makeover. Would she make you chase young interns down the halls of the White House?