With Notably Rare Exceptions, Marco Rubio Had An Excellent Debate Saturday
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Talk-show host and Rubio enthusiast Hugh Hewitt: “I’m a contrarian on Rubio. He won all of that debate, except those three minutes. That will push him back. But he had a terrific second half. And I think he’ll get the bronze come Tuesday night.” Other than that, how did you enjoy the play, Mrs. Lincoln?
This reminds me of a classic moment in the entertainingly pathetic saga of Howard Kurtz. Since he’s now actually cashing paychecks for Fox News, he had to pretend to be very outraged by the BIASED MSNBC debate panel:
Rachel Maddow did a pretty good job in questioning Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders at MSNBC’s Democratic debate last night.
But she shouldn’t have been on that stage as a moderator, sitting next to Chuck Todd, NBC’s political director and moderator of “Meet the Press.”
This is not a knock on Maddow as a commentator. She is smart and passionate, a Rhodes scholar with a deep knowledge of the issues. She did not roll over for Clinton during a recent interview on her prime-time show.
But she is an unabashedly liberal commentator who rips the Republicans every night on her program. She should not have been put in that position.
I actually don’t even agree withe first sentence. Especially after the first segment — which was good because the moderators kept their interventions to a minimum — way too many of Maddow’s questions in particular focused on inane horserace and procedural trivia. (Clinton and Sanders alike handed them beautifully, refusing to rise to the bait and getting them over with as quickly as possible.) Whatever problems there were, however, I don’t really see why Maddow being a liberal makes her unqualified to moderate a Democratic debate.
But, while the argument might be bad, it would be OK if Kurtz was consistent. As you may remember, uberhack Hugh Hewitt was featured in a at least two earlier Republican debates. At one point, he literally applauded when Donald Trump said he wouldn’t run as an independent candidate. I bet Kurtz was equally upset about that, right? As you can see, he didn’t think it was even worth mentioning, and nor did he think it was problematic for Hewitt to be a moderator.
How many years did CNN try to pass off Kurtz as a neutral media critic? If only the Daily Download was still around to cover the story!