C'mon George

I have to admit that I missed most of the Democratic Debate last night (not because I wanted to miss it...I was working). It was a crucial debate, as it precedes the mammoth Pennsylvania primary, and probably the final one between Obama and Hillary.

I read some of the recaps, but the major news today is the completely abhorring the performance of the moderators from ABC, Charlie Gibson and George Stephanopolous. There are over 17,000 comments posted on the ABC news website, most of them critical of the line of questioning.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/DemocraticDebate/comments?type=story&id=4666956

Apparently, people are happy about the questions about Obama's pastor and about the Hillary under sniper fire in Bosnia stories. Also, there was a question about why Obama doesn't wear the American flag on his lapel.

Again, I didn't see it, so I will leave it up to you to post comments about what you think, but my short-sighted opinion is that these two have been through 21 (yes, twenty one) debates already, and they have answered the same questions over and over and over again. So, I think these "trivial" issues, as some are griping about, are actually things that voters want to hear about. People want to see what these candidates have to say. They want to see the candidates squirm a bit.

Give George and Charlie a break. They made another potential boring debate a little "spicy". Of note, "The Week with George S" is one of my favorite shows. I DVR it every Sunday morning, and especially love the "Roundtable" segment. He is one of the most intelligent and unbiased interviewers on television.