SocraticGadfly: Salon offers debate preview

September 25, 2008

Salon offers debate preview

Salon got the halfway eclectic, or perhaps just pseudo-ecletic coterie of Mark Fabiani, James Fallows and Russ Schriefer to game out this year’s presidential debates.

All three say, in various ways, that it’s necessary to have a debate strategy.

IFabiani said going negative on the opponent is an important factor. Of course, you have to do it in the right way.

And, of course, you have to practice looking unscripted.

Of course, historically, debates have offered little “bump”: anyway, the trio’s chess analysis may actually be insightful Friday night. Or not.

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