All the talk of McCain's refusal to make eye contact last night takes me back to Maureen Dowd on Clinton v. Dole, 1996. Was Dowd the first to frame a Presidential debate as a contest of primate primacy? There was a moment, in the San Diego debate, when Bob Dole actually looked as if he wanted to run and hide behind Jim Lehrer's chair.
The Primates' Debates, '96 and '08
The Primates' Debates, '96 and '08
The Primates' Debates, '96 and '08
All the talk of McCain's refusal to make eye contact last night takes me back to Maureen Dowd on Clinton v. Dole, 1996. Was Dowd the first to frame a Presidential debate as a contest of primate primacy? There was a moment, in the San Diego debate, when Bob Dole actually looked as if he wanted to run and hide behind Jim Lehrer's chair.