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Brian Scheid of the Courier-Times sums up last night’s debate:
Yet, by the time Iraq was even brought up at Wednesday night’s debate more than 45 minutes had passed, by the time economy was broached an hour had gone by and by the time gas prices were discussed more than 90 minutes had passed. A question about health care was never even asked. “It’s almost like one of those reality shows now,” said Sheila Melville of Doylestown Township, who stood along Arch Street outside the Constitution Center Wednesday night with a Clinton sign in hand. “I think it has become about emotions, not the issues.”
Wednesday night’s debate was Clinton and Obama’s first debate since Feb. 26, but they’ve faced off in more than 20 debates in the past year and, at this point, what more do they have to argue about? So instead of focusing on the differences in their health care proposals and plans to end the war, the media have shown shots of Obama rolling gutter balls in an Altoona bowling alley or Clinton downing a shot of Crown Royal in an Indiana bar.
Irie Lewis, an Obama supporter from Yeadon, Delaware County, said she can no longer watch cable news anymore due to the lack of focus on relevant issues. “I think the media focuses everything on he said, she said politics and it stinks,” Lewis said as she clutched a “PA For Obama” sign in one hand and an “Obama ’08” sign in the other.
But whooooooo did Hillary down that shot real good! I’m gonna vote for her!
Issues take back seat at debate [Bucks County Courier Times]
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