Comments on: It’s Unlikely That Town Halls Will Happen

By: mb

mb — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:30:32 +0000

McCain stacked the deck at his “town hall” the other day, why should Obama walk into an obvious trap, just so McCain can have more airtime?

Most obvious rules of warfare are, don’t walk into an obvious trap, and don’t surrender your advantage to the enemy

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I have a feeling that if Obama actually committed to going to a townhall, some Obama supporters would show up. Just a guess.

You can’t complain about the deck being stacked when you never say you want in to the game.

By: Tully

Tully — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:34:40 +0000

Bawk! Bawk bawk bawk. Cluck.

By: Rob in Denver

Rob in Denver — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 12:25:23 +0000

Neither candidate strikes me as a man who’s particularly fearful, so I don’t agree that Obama is afraid to do the town hall. There has to be some quid pro quo. So far, McCain’s requested they do things his way. It’s unwise for Obama to agree to that.

By: Avinash_Tyagi

Avinash_Tyagi — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 05:56:32 +0000

McCain stacked the deck at his “town hall” the other day, why should Obama walk into an obvious trap, just so McCain can have more airtime?

Most obvious rules of warfare are, don’t walk into an obvious trap, and don’t surrender your advantage to the enemy

By: Lit3Bolt

Lit3Bolt — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 05:38:34 +0000

Well, in every Town hall debate there are plants. It just seems Obama doesn’t want to be questioned by McCain’s plants, because he doesn’t want to have to deal with Rezko, Wright, or jungle bunny comments. So yeah, try not to be TOO naive justin. These Town Hall things are really scripted choreographed dances between two competing campaigns. At least the news media has to TRY to appear fair. Town hall debates have no such compunctions.