Geared for the elite class FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 02/16/2010

Geared for the elite class FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 02/16/2010 Just as too many cooks spoil the broth, so too, do too many presidential debates spoil whatever public impact they may have hoped for in organizing such debates. Admit it or not, these debates — including the latest one organized by the foreign correspondents in the country, or Focap — hardly do anything for the presidential candidates, by way of getting the electorate to vote for them. One or two presidential candidates, who may be more articulate than the rest, can shine at such debates, but do they get the vote of the electorate when they shine at such forums? For that matter, do their answers to questions posed, by way of their claimed plans, programs and platforms, sway the voters, no matter the economic class?.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.classicposters.com/commentary/20100216com2.html

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