Now that’s a debate!
Ther general consensus is that the presidential debates have sucked eggs. Of course, this leads to an interesting question: what would a good debate look like? Ladies and gentleman, I give you Eric Alterman and Christopher Hitchens debating Iraq on bloggingheads.tv. Bear in mind, these two are actually going to vote for the same guy ...
Ther general consensus is that the presidential debates have sucked eggs. Of course, this leads to an interesting question: what would a good debate look like? Ladies and gentleman, I give you Eric Alterman and Christopher Hitchens debating Iraq on bloggingheads.tv. Bear in mind, these two are actually going to vote for the same guy in November -- but it doesn't affect their clash on Iraq: Do out the whole diavlog.
Ther general consensus is that the presidential debates have sucked eggs. Of course, this leads to an interesting question: what would a good debate look like? Ladies and gentleman, I give you Eric Alterman and Christopher Hitchens debating Iraq on bloggingheads.tv. Bear in mind, these two are actually going to vote for the same guy in November — but it doesn’t affect their clash on Iraq:
Do out the whole diavlog.
Daniel W. Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and co-host of the Space the Nation podcast. Twitter: @dandrezner
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