Don’t know if any of you watched the last GOP debate before the Iowa caucuses, but it was absolutely awful. The Des Moines Register’s Carolyn Washburn was particularly pathetic, acting as if it was her event instead of being for the benefit of primary voters. She made a fool of herself. Anyone who did a rehearsal with her on camera could have figured this out in practice sessions.
Worst debate ever.
Worst moderator ever.
Democrats face her tomorrow at 2 p.m. eastern, which will also be televised. Look out. Hopefully Washburn will be subjected to a post-mortem review of her performance and make some adjustments. If not it won’t be pretty.
But getting back to Republicans; it’s getting ugly out there. From the New York Times magazine:
Chapter 3 also contains the admonition to ‘‘keep sound wisdom and discretion.” Huckabee is, indeed, a discreet fellow, but he has no trouble making his feelings known. He mentioned how much he respected his fellow candidates John McCain and Rudolph W. Giuliani. The name of his principal rival in Iowa, Mitt Romney, went unmentioned. Romney, a Mormon, had promised that he would be addressing the subject of his religion a few days later. I asked Huckabee, who describes himself as the only Republican candidate with a degree in theology, if he considered Mormonism a cult or a religion. ‘‘I think it’s a religion,” he said. ‘‘I really don’t know much about it.”
I was about to jot down this piece of boilerplate when Huckabee surprised me with a question of his own: ‘‘Don’t Mormons,” he asked in an innocent voice, ‘‘believe that Jesus and the devil are brothers?”
Almost forgot… Romney responded.
TM NOTE: Radio show will start one hour later tomorrow because of the Dem. debate, 4:00 p.m. eastern.
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