COMMENTARY | ABC News commentator George Stephanopoulos is a punching bag for some Republicans today after a less than objective performance as moderator at Saturday night's Republican debate in New Hampshire. In reality, Stephanopoulos was just being his own true self -- and I kind of like that.
The Daily Caller opined that Mitt Romney was the victim of some hard questions that Stephanopoulos failed to justify during his questioning. Granted, the question about net job creation during Romney's administration of Massachusetts was baseless, it did present an opportunity for Romney to respond and, of course, he did. In fact, I liked Romney answer because it demonstrated the man is not afraid to challenge incomplete assumptions -- even from the media.
Stephanopoulos then engaged Texas Congressman Ron Paul about racial statements produced under his name more than 20 years ago. Personally, I find digging stuff up like that to be a bit desperate and whether Paul has answered it before or not is irrelevant.
Just last month Paul stormed off set during an interview with CNN's Gloria Borger when she asked a similar question. He may not want to discuss it anymore, but that isn't going to stop journalists from asking the questions. Part of running for president including having to answer questions a candidate may not want to answer.
I'd prefer to see substance to any political debate. I'm not in fair of rehashing decades old issues or micro-examining statistics during a debate. It's not fair to the candidate who would not have access to specific statistical data at the moment nor enough time to accurately answer the question or allegation.
Overall, Stephanopoulos was just being Stephanopoulos. He's commentary (and reporting) often have a slight bias to it and every one of the candidates standing on stage last night knew that all too well.
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