Techniques: The audiences to these events are packed with pre-vetted supporters. Next, folks are selected to be the video "backdrop" for the speaker, based on some notion about "diversity", the campaign staff is trying to hype that particular day. Questions are written down in advance, screened and selected so as not to conflict with the latest talking points. Folks with possibly troubling signs or T-shirts are barred entrance, under a misused threat of "trespassing", or false "disturbing the peace" charge. The charges are usually dropped, but the goal of sanitizing the event from adverse incidents is achieved. Much more political misuse of Secret Service, as private police goes on.
VERY TRUE!!
That's what McCain gets for having a forum like that.
I'll bet the Clintons and Obama are laughing like mad at that clip.
McCain (or his people) should know better than to not have a SCRIPTED Q&A session with hand picked questions and questioners.
I never saw that happen to the other candidates because they (or their people) make sure it doesn't.
Perception, here we go again, McCain is famous for cutting the fat off of bills and NOT voting for bills that are FULL of pork.
What looks like a great bill on the surface, might not be, it may have so many special interest riders on it that it costs us a fortune---and again, McCain has done more than anyone to watch OUR money.
Perception is what GOTCHA politics is all about though---maybe if people actually read the ENTIRE bill, they will see why McCain did not vote for it.
Sound bites can be so mis leading for BOTH sides.
McCains problem? He shouldn't put himself out there like that.
Never saw Clintons questioned about whitewater or Vince Foster or ANYTHING like that in a town meeting.
WISE up John---play the game!!
Dipper