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Debates, ongoing debates are, that in some ways its a dialogue of the deaf. the reporters are a little skittish, fearful, as i say, about asking a direct question when it puts the candidate really on the spot a question about money, question about race, something like that. and the candidates are operating out of a script. you can see it time after time, that no matter what the question is asked, that theyre going to give the pre-programmed answer that theyve been schooled by their consultants -...

pennsylvania. sara, people think that excuse is pretty flimsy. >> reporter: yeah, don, what happened yesterday at the announcement for the new head football coach, the one that will replace interim coach tom bradley, who replaced joe paterno when he was fired just a few days after the jerry sandusky scandal began to unfold, so rodney erickson was asked this question by reporters at an intimate question-and-answer session after the announcement. he was asked the question, how could penn...