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I concur with Matt Stoller at bopnews that moderator Gwen Ifill made a goose of herself last night. Some good succinct early questions were succeeded by questions so inane the candidates practically had zigzag lines across their foreheads to denote puzzlement.
Since Edwards had used Kerry's names numerous times in the debate and would do again numerous times afterwards (whereas Cheney only made stray mention of Bush), what was the point of the pointless exercise in which Edwards and Cheney were asked to discuss the presidential candidates using only pronouns? Or the silly request that they talk about each other's personal similarities and differences. It was as if she was making up games for kids at a progressive workshop. Asking Cheney what he would most like to say to Edwards were he to tuck him in for the night didn't strike me as the most fruitful avenue of inquiry, but perhaps I'm too "old school."
Some detected animus toward Edwards in Ifill's interrogations but for me the overwhelming impression, which I've gathered over the years from watching her on PBS's Wash Week in Review, is that this is a person with a case of the cutes. There's a preening coyness to her, as if she's smiling at herself rather than at the camera and expecting a cookie.