Martha Raddatz Was Horrible

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  October 12th at 09:47 AM  | 

Journalists are, unsurprisingly, rallying around Martha Raddatz’s awesome performance as a moderator last night. The general rule is that the side that loses thinks the moderator was terrible. I think Paul Ryan won the debate last night, assisted by Joe Biden’s braying jackass routine, but I think Raddatz was a terrible moderator. Ben Domenech’s excellent Transom lays out why: Good moderators can be active or | Read More »

An Insignificant Hour and a Half of Joe Biden Braying Like a Biblical Donkey

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  October 11th at 10:33 PM  | 

I really do personally like Joe Biden, but he came across as a braying Biblical donkey tonight on stage in Kentucky. It was made worse by a moderator who lost repeated control of the debate. Up front, I have to say I’m hung up on one big thing. Joe Biden said the intelligence community got it wrong in Libya, but he says we can trust | Read More »