County Commissioner Precinct #3 Forum - EPCC
Before we go any further I just wanted to say something. I have been to probably more political forums than anyone else in town over the last 5 years or so. I've seen the good, the bad, and the ugly.
I've seen a bunch of moderators and have been a panelist and moderator. Its not an easy job.
So please take what I am about to say seriously because I know what I'm talking about here.
In my opinion, Lynn Davis, who is a professor of Political Science at El Paso Community College, has done the worst job of any moderator I've seen at a local forum.
I'll dedicate an entire post with video footage of specific examples of what I am talking about later. I think it deserves an entire post of its own.
Now, back to this debate.
Listen to the candidates and its pretty clear that Perez comes across as the most effective communicator of all the candidates in the race.
But I was honestly pretty impressed with Chente Quintanilla's response to Perez's critiques. He's tougher and better on his feet that I gave him credit for.
I'm not sure one of his answers hold water, but I did find him pretty impressive. I've never seen him debate before and honestly he's never really had to so I guess I sold him short. Shame on me for that.
Oaxaca seems to be running her campaign on emotion. That's a bad thing. Emotional candidates have a big problem with burn-out. Being an emotional candidate is taxing on the individual and can lead to burn-out. Its also taxing on the voters who get burned-out on all the emotion. Hillary Clinton had a short-term benefit when she showed a little emotion in the last Democratic primary, but it was only about a one-month bump.
Most emotional candidates end up being like the weird Republican guy in the viral video or Howard Dean. Dora has been on the edge of tears or angry in every speech I've seen her give this campaign season, other than her campaign announcement.
I've seen a bunch of moderators and have been a panelist and moderator. Its not an easy job.
So please take what I am about to say seriously because I know what I'm talking about here.
In my opinion, Lynn Davis, who is a professor of Political Science at El Paso Community College, has done the worst job of any moderator I've seen at a local forum.
I'll dedicate an entire post with video footage of specific examples of what I am talking about later. I think it deserves an entire post of its own.
Now, back to this debate.
Listen to the candidates and its pretty clear that Perez comes across as the most effective communicator of all the candidates in the race.
But I was honestly pretty impressed with Chente Quintanilla's response to Perez's critiques. He's tougher and better on his feet that I gave him credit for.
I'm not sure one of his answers hold water, but I did find him pretty impressive. I've never seen him debate before and honestly he's never really had to so I guess I sold him short. Shame on me for that.
Oaxaca seems to be running her campaign on emotion. That's a bad thing. Emotional candidates have a big problem with burn-out. Being an emotional candidate is taxing on the individual and can lead to burn-out. Its also taxing on the voters who get burned-out on all the emotion. Hillary Clinton had a short-term benefit when she showed a little emotion in the last Democratic primary, but it was only about a one-month bump.
Most emotional candidates end up being like the weird Republican guy in the viral video or Howard Dean. Dora has been on the edge of tears or angry in every speech I've seen her give this campaign season, other than her campaign announcement.
Its safe to say that I like candidates that are strong on issues. So point of fact, I happen to think Perez is strongest on the issues.
ReplyDeleteMarquez is as well, but I think Barraza had a strong performance today.
No one has been more critical of O'Rourke than I have.
I rarely write about Anna Perez. Though the last time that I did was during the map conversation, (I think) and I was critical of her for it.