I'm not going from memory here, I re-watched the debate.
To give an example, Braude asks Connaughton (as a follow-up question following a direct answer to "Why in the world should anybody be getting a 5% retroactive increase when virtually everybody in government and the private sector is hurting?"), "Why shouldn't they [the wage increases] be rescinded?" And he demands an immediate "yes or no" answer and interrupts Connaughton repeatedly with repetitions of the question when he doesn't get one.
For the parallel follow-up, Braude asks Bump, "So what's 'facile political posturing' about that [talking about rescinding the wage increases]?" He could have demanded a yes or no answer to "Why shouldn't the wage increases be rescinded?", as he did for Connaughton, but he didn't. He even does more active listening on the response. There's an "mm-hmm" early on, and he takes a deep, audible breath before cutting in with his next question, so Bump is prepared for the interruption. Nothing of the sort (on that particular question) for Connaughton.
Braude is way, way nicer to Bump. It's odd because he seems pretty even-handed in the other debates.
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Date: 2010-11-02 20:08 (UTC)To give an example, Braude asks Connaughton (as a follow-up question following a direct answer to "Why in the world should anybody be getting a 5% retroactive increase when virtually everybody in government and the private sector is hurting?"), "Why shouldn't they [the wage increases] be rescinded?" And he demands an immediate "yes or no" answer and interrupts Connaughton repeatedly with repetitions of the question when he doesn't get one.
For the parallel follow-up, Braude asks Bump, "So what's 'facile political posturing' about that [talking about rescinding the wage increases]?" He could have demanded a yes or no answer to "Why shouldn't the wage increases be rescinded?", as he did for Connaughton, but he didn't. He even does more active listening on the response. There's an "mm-hmm" early on, and he takes a deep, audible breath before cutting in with his next question, so Bump is prepared for the interruption. Nothing of the sort (on that particular question) for Connaughton.
Braude is way, way nicer to Bump. It's odd because he seems pretty even-handed in the other debates.