…than nobody is going to.
If this questioning was taking place at Gitmo the ACLU and answer would be providing him lawyers.
The only softball came from Jon Meacham of Newsweek.
Only the letter next to his name has changed. They aren’t buying this at all.
Update: You know for days they were building this up as a real possibility and a real game changer but once they had in front of him on it’s as if they just couldn’t keep a straight face. They treated him as if he had no credibility.
But the moment he was off camera again suddenly he is, as Barnicle put it “a man among boys” and a strong candidate. It’s like a switch was suddenly turned back on once he was gone.
I guess the facade just wasn’t possible when he was shoveling it to their faces, but once he was gone the template came back.
Update 2: Did Eugene Robinson et/al just see the same interview that I did? For God’s sake they were there!