Bob Schieffer Monday Night: Good, Bad or Indifferent for the President???

[winstars]

After Candy surprised us all by not being terrible on Tuesday, what do we think Bob will do? Will he overcompensate for Candy's fairness? He does know a thing or two about foreign affairs so I don't think he will let Willard BS him too much. But judging by the several times I have managed to watch FTN, he ain't exactly Mike Wallace. But oh thank God its not Stretch but...

[Darkhawk32]

1. Bad, I think. Bob will get run over by a mean-spirited Romney. n/t

[OldDem2012]

2. I've never seen Bob get run over by anyone. Ever. nt.

[RedSpartan]

3. Agreed.

He's a tough 'ol bird. Doesn't take crap from anybody.

[Inuca]

6. Absolutely correct

And as anothre one of the old guard I assume he will not want to be compared to Leher, but rather to the ladies who did a good job (excellent for the VP debate)

[BlueStreak]

5. And Schieffer knows a lot more about foreign policy

and its complexity/nuance than Romney will ever know.

If Romney continues with his third-grade level of discussion, this might get a little annoying to Schieffer because he understands how high the stakes are.

[liberal N proud]

4. Depends on which Bob shows up Schieffer shows up.

If he doesn't allow the bullshit that Romney will pull, it should allow the debate to go well.

If he lets Romney control the room as he did the first night, good luck.

[winstars]

8. Glen Or Glenda??? Yeah, that is our problem, Schieffer is a great bunch of guys!!! n/t

[southernyankeebelle]

12. That's about the right observation. You never knows who shows up.

[Drunken Irishman]

7. I think after watching what happened to Jim Lehrer, he's not about to get railroaded by either.

[DarthDem]

10. Exactly

I imagine he will not want to be compared to Lehrer in any way, shape or form.

[MjolnirTime]

9. like Candy, Schieffer is far too vain to let Romney run the show. He couldn't take the criticism.

[Duan]

11. Schieffer is hit and miss

Sometimes he makes sense and asks good questions, other times he lets Republicans get away with too much crap and he can sometimes slip into banal false equivalency "both sides are wrong". The cons tend to hate him for the times he makes sense.

Given that he's 75 and this will likely be his final debate before retirement, my guess is that he's going to want to be pointed in his cross examination. My only concern is that he'll feel the need to bring up GOP talking points against Obama just to be "fair".

[immoderate]

13. Hey, welcome to DU!

--imm

[OldDem2012]

15. Allrighty then. nt.

[TheCowsCameHome]

14. Bad.

He'll lose control of the debate quicker than Lehrer did.

And he tries to be everyone's pal.

[pa28]

16. Scheiffer was a personal friend of W's and ran a fair debate with Kerrey.

He's a pro.

As a side note it's really interesting how Martha Radditz was somehow compromised by Barack Obama attending her wedding twenty years ago to the guy she divorced a decade ago.

That was totally unfair according to fox and drudge even though she was moderating Biden and Ryan. Not Obama.

[Agnosticsherbet]

17. Rules don't allow for fact checking from the floor.

so Romney can shake that etch-a-sketch all he wants.

He could, of course, ask follow up questions that expose BS, but that runs contrary to they way most "debates" are run.

[gordianot]

18. Scheiffer comes from the time of the Kennedy Nixon debates.

Imagine what would have happened if Nixon would have won the debate in 1960 and it was Nixon in charge of the Cuban Missile crisis. Scheiffer has a burden. He has tried to pin Romney on specifics he tried in the past with no success. Romney in foreign affairs is a disaster he managed to insult Great Britain our closest ally with both sides of their political spectrum. This may be the last chance for anyone to figure out what lives behind Romney's vacant stare. Schieffer plays on a stage with much at stake with one player Romney who has no conscience, moral center and seems to be willing to use political comment to coerce, bully, and accuse all who stand in his way. There is a tantrum under Romney's surface push it Bob Mitt will go off script.