[Professor S]

The funniest thing about the debates was the choice of moderator and analyst by MSNBC. Chris Matthews and Keith Oberman????? Thats like having a KKK member analyze a Black Panther party debate.

In hindsight, though, I thought Chris Matthews did a great job. He didn't let the candidates dictate the debate and he asked hard, but mostly fair questions. Hard questions are good, and they let you know exactly where a candidate stands, even if yes or no questions are a bit rediculous to expect. Some of the questions were also a little more like statements that the candidates had to disagree with on principle, but once again, thats good. We know where they stand. Good job on all accounts.

As for Oberman, he and his crew looked like idiots (as usual). They analyzed the debate as if it were democrats that were in it. They questioned why more of the candidates weren't more opposed to the war in Iraq... do they even pay attention to politics??? In essence, all they were providing was a demcoratic response to the debates.