WordNetDaily had the story earlier today.
The moderator of tomorrow’s vice-presidential debate is writing a book to come out on the day the next president takes the oath of office that aims to “shed new light” on Democratic candidate Barack Obama and other “emerging young African American politicians” who are “forging a bold new path to political power.”
Gwen Ifill of the Public Broadcasting Service program “Washington Week” is promoting “The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama,” in which she argues the “black political structure” of the civil rights movement is giving way to men and women who have benefited from the struggles over racial equality.
Greta Van Susteren reports that the McCain campaign was unaware about the book:
the McCain campaign did NOT know about Gwen Ifill’s book (I think I told them when I made my efforts – emails about midnight – to find out!) I am stunned….the campaign (actually both) should have been told before the campaign agreed to have her moderate. It simply is not fair – in law, this would create a mistrial.
Okay, so here are my thoughts. For one thing, the McCain campaign should have done its homework on Ifill. With or without the book Ifill should have never been agreed on to be the moderator, as she’s shown incredible bias in the past
Of course, Ifill herself should have never been considered as moderator, as the book clearly presents an undeniable conflict of interest, as Ifill has a financial interest in Obama winning the election.
What this means in the end is that the deck is stacked heavily against Palin tomorrow night.
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