Citizens Discover Asking Incisive Questions Harder Than It Looks

New York Daily News:

Like most utopian schemes, the plan to herd the Democratic presidential candidates into a TV reality show fell a little short of its goal last night.

The "CNN-YouTube Debate," billed by its creators as an opportunity for the American people to ask direct questions that would force direct answers, proved that at this point, the candidates are still smarter than the system.

A good 95% of the time, they did what they do with most uncomfortable questions: made a fleeting acknowledgment of the actual intent, then shifted into a safe, well-tested campaign speech from somewhere in the same ballpark.

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