Preparing for Tomorrow's Election...kinda...

So in preparation for tomorrow night’s final presidential debate, I wanted to see how the media was covering the event before it actually happened. I searched through a number of reputable websites, including New York Times, BBC, and yes, even Fox News. Unfortunately, they did not have anything discussing the final debate in any depth. How frustrating! I, as an American citizen who would like to take part in the political discussions, was rather disappointed by the media’s lack of coverage leading up to what can be thought to be the most important debate for this election.
At last I come to CNN.com, which has an article about tomorrow’s debate entitled “McCain’s Last Stand at Final Debate?” (http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/14/debate.preview/index.html) The article puts the debate in context with the past week’s events since the last debate, noting the connection between Obama and Bill Ayers. Besides that, what I thought was really interesting was CNN’s decision to interview Bob Schieffer, tomorrow night’s debate moderator, as well as to scope out the requests from both parties for the debate itself. Bob Schieffer is quoted as saying, point blank, he will not be embarrassed to re-ask questions in order to get clear specific answers. In addition, both parties requested air conditioning above the heads of their candidates in order to avoid excess perspiration, as well as clear water glasses that are identical to the ones used in previous debates. Reading about how the candidates prepare before a debate was interesting as well. Perhaps it’s because I’m a performer, but I found it very illuminating to hear about the “behind-the-scenes” work of the candidates; instead of seeing and reading about the Obama and McCain that are directly in the limelight, it was refreshing to read about them as actual people, not just as politicians and celebrities.