By Steve Rhodes
This was the second debate in two nights and the third in a week – and it showed. Piling on the debates at the end of a campaign isn’t very constructive, and often sets up counter-productive dynamics.
For example, when there is a clear frontrunner, as there is in the case of Bruce Rauner, the dynamic becomes “attack the frontrunner.” And then the media equation becomes “did anyone land a knockout blow” and by that time we’ve drifted far from reality because the veracity of the attacks matter little when a sense of inevitability sets in.
So here’s an idea: Schedule debates at the beginning, middle and end of the campaign. You’re welcome!
Why is WGN re-running last night’s Channel 5 GOP debate? Oh, they’re not, they’re just asking the same questions …
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) March 6, 2014
And not as well as Carol Marin did the night before.
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I mean, you might as well say “Please give us your answer on clouting your daughter into Payton again” . . . “Please tell us why you won’t release the report again” . . . “Please tell us why you cut that ad for Barack Obama again” . . . “Please tell us about your business problems again” . . . Advance the ball, please.
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Rephrase to this please: So you called *Arne Duncan* to find out how the principal’s list worked? Why not call the principal? Or just CPS?
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) March 6, 2014
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Rephrase to: Wasn’t it unfair that you had Arne Duncan’s phone number when everyone else had to go through channels?
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) March 6, 2014
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New questions 4 Rauner: Do you believe there should even be principals lists? Also: Do you believe it is wrong to clout a kid into a school?
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) March 6, 2014
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Dillard says U of I clout list was not a clout list but a contact list. True – with favors listed next to each contact.
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) March 6, 2014
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Rauner, the consummate insider, thinks everyone else is the problem.
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) March 6, 2014
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Mr. Rauner, *which* business do you want to run Illinois like? They’re not all run the same #CostcoOrWalmart
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) March 6, 2014
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For some reason my pet manatee gets all riled up when Dan Rutherford speaks …
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) March 6, 2014
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Missing the Quinn-Daley-Madigan debate about now. #twill
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) March 6, 2014
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Previously:
* Tweeting The ABC7 GOP Debate.
* Tweeting The NBC5 GOP Debate.
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Comments welcome.
Posted on March 6, 2014