Last night’s debate debate was a special occasion. A cable TV display reminiscent of a Roman Colosseum, where a raucous crowd subjected the contestants to their casual whims and heartily cheered or booed in equally unsettling fashion.
This tidal wave of anger is showing no signs of slowing and now talk of bloodying or knocking out the President is casual conversation between candidates and voters.
But this is great news for cable networks, who can have their cake and eat it too, by airing the contentious passages and then sententiously debating their appropriateness.
