The usual question emerging from presidential debates is how long do impressions last...if a candidate truly bombs and embarrasses him-/herself, it's forever, in Joe Biden's case. But last night...my sense is that it will fade away in a few days when the next news cycle obtrudes and displaces one public occurrence for yet another. These …
The usual question emerging from presidential debates is how long do impressions last...if a candidate truly bombs and embarrasses him-/herself, it's forever, in Joe Biden's case. But last night...my sense is that it will fade away in a few days when the next news cycle obtrudes and displaces one public occurrence for yet another. These "debates" usually have a short half-life after the punditocracy, corporate media, and the campaigns themselves work over unceasingly the "what it all means" takes, and we all move on.
Sure, some few minutes can be distilled down and enjoy a second life in TV ads, but beyond that impressions are fleeting, as this debate will prove.
The usual question emerging from presidential debates is how long do impressions last...if a candidate truly bombs and embarrasses him-/herself, it's forever, in Joe Biden's case. But last night...my sense is that it will fade away in a few days when the next news cycle obtrudes and displaces one public occurrence for yet another. These "debates" usually have a short half-life after the punditocracy, corporate media, and the campaigns themselves work over unceasingly the "what it all means" takes, and we all move on.
Sure, some few minutes can be distilled down and enjoy a second life in TV ads, but beyond that impressions are fleeting, as this debate will prove.