Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20190802:05:54:00
That's not the way we in the media usually analyze debates. we cover them like sporting debates. we try to guess which candidates impress the tv audience the most. and we are always guessing about that although we rarely label our statements as the pure guesses they are. we evaluate debating skills. that's the problem with debates. presidents don't have to think on their feet. presidents never have to make a decision alone without advisers who have much more experience on every subject than the president does. so the debates do not test the skills necessary to do the job of president well. it'...