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2016 Postmortem

courseofhistory

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26. She let Ryan

Reply to Mr.Bill (Original post)

Fri Oct 12, 2012, 12:10 AM

Oct 2012

blabber on too long and it frustrated Biden justifiably so!

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Let's have a thread about the moderator [View all] Mr.Bill Oct 2012 OP

Martha Radatz did a very good job klook Oct 2012 #1

I thought she did great! meadowlark5 Oct 2012 #2

I didn't like courseofhistory Oct 2012 #3

Agree!!! She did an outstanding job. Jim Lehrer screwed up royally for some reason. n/t RKP5637 Oct 2012 #4

Martha did an excellent job. Live and Learn Oct 2012 #5

She did an exceptional job.... Rowdyboy Oct 2012 #6

Not if the republicans have anything to do with it. meadowlark5 Oct 2012 #17

Martha rocks. She did get talked over a few times but she held the debate rules. joshcryer Oct 2012 #7

and she DID address him as "Congressman" after all riverwalker Oct 2012 #8

Exactly Mr.Bill Oct 2012 #12

She did well...until the abortion question LittleGirl Oct 2012 #9

Abortion is a huge issue in the Catholic church begin_within Oct 2012 #29

I grew up Catholic so none of that was discussed when LittleGirl Oct 2012 #32

I totally agree. Joe was gracious about it, showing his respect for other religions. Overseas Oct 2012 #30

She gave Ryan twice as much time to speak. Flying Squirrel Oct 2012 #10

CNN had their speaking times within 1 minute of each other. NCLefty Oct 2012 #25

Because Joe fought for his time. Thank goodness he spoke up. Overseas Oct 2012 #31

Yeah, she was refreshing mindwalker_i Oct 2012 #11

Never thought I would agree with David Brooks, but he said she spent too little time on domestic avaistheone1 Oct 2012 #13

I agree. I thought she was showing off her foreign policy expertise. Overseas Oct 2012 #21

Well that explains it. avaistheone1 Oct 2012 #23

I thought she about as good a moderator as you could ask for, honestly. phleshdef Oct 2012 #14

I thought she was amazing! tallahasseedem Oct 2012 #15

Really disliked her! Too many foreign policy questions allowed Punk Ryan to look like he could even Overseas Oct 2012 #16

Yes. And I didn't like how she framed her Social Security question saying it is going bankrupt. avaistheone1 Oct 2012 #18

I agree. That made me mad too. Very Republican frame. Overseas Oct 2012 #20

Second thing I really hated was her posing the nationwide rollback of women's rights as a personal Overseas Oct 2012 #19

Correct again. avaistheone1 Oct 2012 #24

I think at times she forgot she was a Moderator and not a reporter. Raine1967 Oct 2012 #22

C+ to B- avaistheone1 Oct 2012 #27

She let Ryan courseofhistory Oct 2012 #26

Over rated. Iwillnevergiveup Oct 2012 #28

Im with tabibi Firebirds01 Oct 2012 #33

She started off with a gotcha for Joe but he knocked it back at her. allrevvedup Oct 2012 #34