CNN's Candy Memo

CNN admits that Crowley’s disregard of the rules was intended to help Obama “ CNN’s explanation of “why Obama got more time speak” is an admission that Crowley intentionally gave If authentic, CNN’s memo explaining why Candy Crowley permitted President Obama to speak four minutes more than Mitt Romney during Tuesday’s presidential debate is devastating to that network: Obama extra time because she thought he hadn’t said enough. It’s also an admission that it doesn’t know whether, objectively, Romney said more than Obama in the same amount of time. CNN hadn’t done a word count when it made the claim, and Crowley certainly hadn’t performed one when she gave Obama more time than Romney. Crowley was, however, watching the time, as she told the candidates several times. As the CNN memo confirms, she wanted to give Obama more time than Romney. This is just one reason why Crowley should not be permitted to moderate another high-stakes debate. Indeed, assuming the authenticity of the CNN memo, no one from that outfit should be permitted to do so.  [Powerline Full] Look, this was predictable, and in fact predicted.  The nets are in the tank for democrats, and all of them ought be excluded.  Who should moderate?  Any high school debate teacher, picked at random,  would do a better job than any of that lot have done, ever! ”