Chris Wallace tore apart a presidential candidate on Fox News last weekend, asking tough, well-prepared questions and pressing hard with no mercy (as a journalist probably should). There were no softball questions and Wallace had anticipated the candidate's responses and had tough follow up questions, sometimes using the candidate's own words and his own hometown newspapers against him.
The candidate seemed ill-prepared and over-whelmed, and was tripped up repeatedly. Exempting our current President, whose unease in front of the camera is legendary, this was the worst I've seen any politician present himself on television. Unfortunately the candidate under the gun was Sam Brownback. I couldn't have been more stunned and disappointed.
But if a conservative Republican can't survive a tough but fair interview on Fox News, how far is he going to get anywhere else?
Like I said, I was disappointed.
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