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Originally Posted by Honeykiss1974
Ifill's book was no secret
Michael Calderone
Wed Oct 1, 10:44 AM ET
Michelle Malkin and World Net Daily have made a lot of noise today about the fact the Gwen Ifill, the moderator of Thursday's VP debate, has a new book coming on Inauguration day about Barack Obama and the politics of race -- it's now leading on the front of Drudge.
Fox's Greta Van Susteren reports that the McCain campaign didn't know about it.
"I am stunned….the campaign (actually both) should have been told before the campaign agreed to have her moderate. It simply is not fair -- in law, this would create a mistrial."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/200...politico/22742
I love the last line in the article....
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Ok, this is a potential conflict (and I say that as longtime admirer of Ifill's reporting.) ...and a pretty obvious ready-made excuse for the Palin camp if they lose the debate.
If the McCain camp knew of Ifill's book, why wait until now to lodge a complaint? If they didn't know of it, which seems highly implausible, that's bad staff work.
If I'm the Obama campaign, I sit back and let this play out. If a new moderator is chosen at this late date, it potentially throws both candidates into chaos, and it then is a matter of who recovers first and best.