Reply To: Cain/Gingrich debate tonight carried on C-Span

The debate last night was an effort by Gingrich to take the debates out of the hands of the mainstream media and make them into more educational than entertainment events. Cain’s misadventures were not mentioned at all in this debate, it dealt only with the candidates future plans for medicare, medicaid and social security, in other words, the entitlement programs. It was a very informative and intelligent debate, with no moderator demanding 30 second answers to questions designed to entertain the audience. Gingrich said he will have a few more of this type of debate, which he claims is based on the Lincoln-Douglas debates, and also by theway, which no major media company agreed to carry. Only C-Span streamed it live. And the comments of the other media outlets after the debate were strictly concerning a comment Cain made when pressed by a reporter about the allegations. They just couldn’t let go of it and report on what really happened there—an intelligent debate on the economy. Gingrich also said that if he were nominated as the Republican candidate, he would invite Obama to debate him in a like manner, and if Obama refused, he will follow Obama to all of his speaking engagements and speak after him (to refute him). An interesting guy, Gingrich.