On the Democratic side, N.M. Governor Bill Richardson recently entered the presidential race. He has been my darkhorse favorite to win his party’s nomination. However, he didn’t fair too well this weekend on the Sunday news shows, according to Slate.
“No one television interview should weigh too heavily on anyone’s career. Talking-head TV is a highly formalized performance art in which you’re doused in itchy makeup, forced to sit awkwardly under hot lights, and desperate to produce winning, accurate, concise answers without pausing to reflect. Anyone can slip up, invert words, or confuse facts. This is true of debates, too, where Richardson had a lackluster first performance.
Read Slate Magazine article.