Paging Rick Warren

Why did a town hall debate in Nashville revolve around what interests an East Coast newsman?
by Fred Barnes
10/08/2008

Excerpt:
It's true that presidential debates usually don't generate campaign breakthroughs--gaffes maybe, but not moments that change the course of a campaign. But with the right questions, they can be a lot more interesting than last night's drowser in Nashville. As imperfect as debates are, they can help voters gain some insight into the candidates.

Oddly enough, it wasn't a journalist who staged the best debate between McCain and Obama. It was an ordained minister, Rick Warren of Saddleback Church in California, the author of best-selling The Purpose-Driven Life. In separate sessions, he asked the same questions, first of McCain, then of Obama.

Their answers gave voters a far better idea of what makes the two candidates tick than all the policy-reality questions asked in the two official presidential debates and one vice presidential debate. the rest

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