Barack Obama Elected President!

[ReddFoxx]

Gwen Ifill is a journalist, Sean Hannity is a political pundit and political pundits don't moderate debates. No comparison.

And again, I say so what? None of this means she is going to bring her political ideology into her moderating style.

[Ryan]

This was no secret. They knew about her book.

And if they didn't, I guess it just further proves the McCain camp doesn't vet/research/investigate things they should.

[George008]

You think she is not in the tank? Give me a break..

What is the "Age of Obama" if not a comment on politics?...She would be considered a commentator as well...

A balanced journalist would not title a book after one political figure..and imply that this person is the leader of an entire "AGE"

If her book were called the "Age of Black Politicians" or "Age of Acceptance", then I would agree that she would be taking a balanced approach..As the for the actual title of her book...not so much..

[Ryan]

Semantics....

[George008]

So I guess it's another lie, in their saying that they knew nothing of the book?

Or it proves that the biased media is getting sneakier in implementing their agenda...

[George008]

So you can tell me ..in all honesty...that if she had written a book titled.."The Breakthrough: Politics and Veterans in the Age of McCain"

You would have no beef what so ever with her being the moderator??

[Ryan]

I, like most people, know that there are people who are PAID to be PROFESSIONAL. Like I said, I didn't even know about her book and that wouldn't make me not want her to moderate the debate even if I did.

You're assuming because she wrote this book that she endorses Obama, instead of actually focusing on what the book is, a book on race and politics during a political movement in which being black isn't a hindrance to your political career. Would you have liked it if she chose that title?

And I, like most people, don't find these things to be such a big deal, because those that are professional can separate their personal beliefs from what they are being paid to do.

[UCLAN]

You are absolutely right. Could it be possible that Obama is in the title as a marketing ploy? If you read the synopsis, it state that the book discusses black politicians, not being "black enough" (which was an early criticism of Obama) and how politics is becoming color blind.

Could it also be possibnle that the FEC was aware of the book and had no problem with it? Isn't this a more formalized debate with just questions and answers. Is Iffel responsible for preparing the questions or have they already been determined? She was given the job to moderate. It seems as if the parameters of this debate are very strict.

Casey, the book is not an endorsement of Obama, it is a discussion of black politicians of which he is one. I would think that it would have been released earlier if it was an endorsement.

Jan 20th again possibly a marketing strategy if Obama wins.

She is a very professional journalist. One who was held in high regard by Tim Russert and many of her colleges. I don't think she has the need to grandstand or interject herself into this debate. She will do her assigned job and do it well just as Jim Leher did

[George008]

As the moderator, she develops the questions and the timing of them...

She is naming a political "age" after Obama! I think that will give you a better idea of what this book is about, more so than the synopsis.

But if you claim that her book is a critique of Obama. I still say she is too bias to moderate a debate..

ITA! She has a financial gain in the interest of an Obama victory.

I guess we will see..

[UCLAN]

Ther is an article on msnbc where Ifflel discusses the book . Since I am inept, I cant do the link thing. But according to her, she hasn't written her Obama chapter yet. (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26978194/?GT1=43001)

Have a little faith Casey, not all people are in the tank. I believe this a very trustworthy woman and I haven't seen anything to contradict that (including 2004 VP debate). But read the article and let me know what you think.

There are many like you who think that it is a conflict of interest for her to moderate. I just don't think so.

[Wales2004]

I'm not done reading through the posts but McCain apparently thinks she is professional as well:

[David_Vickers]

I'm sick of the GOP slogan "He or she is in the tank".

Gwen Ifill is a journalist plain and simple. She is writing a book about politics and partially about Barack Obama. That does NOT mean she's endorsing Obama. Also it has been known for some time what journalists were going to moderate the debates and if this was an issue, it should've been brought up at the time the debates were planned etc. McCain/Palin have been struggling and are now behind 9% in Virginia, 1% in Missouri and 5% in Florida, per CNN today.

[Wales2004]

ITA.

I find it amazing that the Republicans that have attacked her are unfamiliar with her work except for the complaint that some Democrats were happy with her for being what they termed "snippy" with Cheney.....something that McCain's people should have already known about and taken issue with, if they found it a problem. All they probably know about her book is the title.

Let's totally disregard that her book is not a biography of or all about Barack Obama. And from what I've seen of Gwen Ifill, I find it hard to believe that it's going to be an endorsement of Obama yet.....since in all the times I have seen her on shows in political roundtables, she has never endorsed Obama nor given me the impression that she was supporting him.

Here's the Random House synopsis:

I am shaking my head at the silliness because I still don't see how one can get stuck on a title to the point where of not being able to comprehend a synopsis that points out that the book isn't about one politician, it's about many. It's as if naming the book Politics in the Clinton Era would be a book about Bill Clinton and no one else and nothing else and it would be all about how the author loes Bill Clinton.

I am very much afraid of how people who don't take the time to think something out rationally and investigate before they jump to conclusions go out and posion other malleable minds with nonsense.

http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display...0385525015.html

[Ryan]

Wales

[UCLAN]

Wales, you go girl! I totally agree wholeheartedly. This is such a petty issue, because they do seem to be villifying her and her objectivty because of the title of her book.