The YouTube debate was more entertaining than a usual debate, I’d say, but Yglesias is right that it basically amounts to a fresh coat of paint on the same tired format presided over by the same anonymous media potentates. Except now, apparently, a percentage of all questions will be posed as irritating songs. Thanks, unknown CNN producer who still thinks JibJab is funny!
I did enjoy Joe Biden’s response to this question, though:
He sort of lost his momentum partway through — you can see him thinking I’m being too blunt… This could ruin my chances at the presidency! But for a second he seemed to be struggling to express the idea that enabling crazy assholes to collect deadly Beanie Baby/Pokemon surrogates doesn’t top any sane politician’s list of policy objectives.
I love Joe Biden. He always manages to come up with the right wrong thing to say.