Monday, January 23, 2012

Brian Williams is the Dean Smith of political debates?

It was said that only Dean Smith could stop Michael Jordan form scoring 20. Why? Because in Smith's North Carolina system, the scoring was divided between several players. So tonight, why was I reminded of that? Well, it sure seemed that whatever momentum Newt had, Brian Williams made it dissipate tonight. How? Well, for one, it is Brian's respect among most people that made it tough to attack him, like Newt had done to moderators in the past few debates. Second, he asked the audience to sit on their hands, and allow the words of the debate to decide who was right, not their applause. And, to their credit, they did just that. And third, and finally, he let the candidates talk and didn't try to put words in their mouth, or shorten their answer. Was there a clock on answers? I don't think so, and this made it tough for the candidates to give 30 second red meat responses that could incite the audience. All in all, very well done, Brian Williams. If Newt can't keep the Big Mo going with his words, he shouldn't get any help from any other factor.   

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