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Debates, ongoing debates are, that in some ways it's 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 they're going to give the pre-programmed answer that they've been schooled by their consultants -- >> talking points. >> yeah, talking points. and just go down the talking points. for example, t...

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 state officials, such as yourself, be caught so off guard when this was news that, you know, people...