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Very few people watching these debates undertstand or tune in for policy. What they do understand is a person being cut off or talked over, ceding time or stealing others', cooperating or defecting as the power in the room shifts. There's a *lot* to learn from Harris' big playhttps://twitter.com/Modern_Meaning/status/1144641494583635970 …
I'm curious to see how this shifts the whole field's strategies. Harris was able to capture a moment to make herself functionally unmoderatable — extremely visibly — and she used it to set crosshairs on the frontrunner's Achilles heel. Good for democracy? No. But masterful AF.
You don't even have to be paying attention to notice that there aren't actually any time limits, and what's said does not need to answer questions. The goal of the game is to talk for as long as you can, always appear to stop talking by choice & cut opponents off whenever doable.
I get really frustrated by elections via sound bites. If you’re going to compete with governance via tweet, well perhaps some articulatation beyond 280 characters would be a differentiator. No potential demonstration in this venue.
This is the narrative on Twitter/cable media, which probably shapes public perception more than the actual act itself. In my perspective, the act itself remove points on the board for her because it was very rehearsed and though a genuine story, used to wrongly attack her target.
This *is* good for democracy. Democracy's purpose isn't to find the best leaders, it's to keep leaders scared enough of the people that they don't abuse power. Viewed thru this lens, in debates, candidates ritualistically debase themselves in front of millions to win over voters.
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