Duck, duck, duck, duck. Check out the "twitterview" between the Hotline and Brian Moran, it's (unintentionally) hilarious, as well as extremely revealing about the Moran campaign. My comments are in parentheses.Hotline: "To an issue in the current race: Do you hope for a day when VA no longer produces or uses coal at all?" (straightforward question, should be a "yes" or "no" answer)
Moran: "the issue in this race and facing the next governor is whether we approve the next coal plant in surry. I'm the only one opposed" (uhhhhh....did anyone see an answer in there?)
Hotline: "So you support the continued growth of a state coal industry? Will you use the Gov's office to help facilitate that growth?" (Hotline presses Moran on this one, good job!)
Moran: "I was the first to call for a 25perc of our energy to come from renewable sources and creating those thousands of green jobs...will be my top priority" (Isn't the purpose of answering a question to...uh, answer the question that was actually asked? Apparently not when Brian Moran's asked about his position on coal.)
Hotline: "I was the first to call for a 25perc of our energy to come from renewable sources and creating those thousands of green jobs..." (answer SHOULD be: "because I'm spending huge amounts on a top-down campaign of high-priced consultants like Joe Trippi and Lionell Spruill")
Moran: "you don't win a primary by late tv ads, you win by building an org. We've got more support around the state than anyone." (another non-answer)
Hotline: "Is Bill Clinton still a draw for VA p'mary voters? Could his support be a deciding factor for state Dems?" (the correct answer SHOULD be, "yes, Bill Clinton is highly popular among Virginia Democrats and I'm worried")
Moran: "We're running a bottom up campaign, not a top down. That means we have the support of local mayors and officials all over VA...Virginians are going to vote for someone who they know will fight for them." (There's not even an attempt at relating the answer to the question asked in this case. But I wish someone could explain how a campaign reliant overwhelmingly on endorsements by former colleagues in the House of Delegates is a "grassroots campaign." Not in my book, that's for sure.)
Hotline: "OK, let's move on and talk about you. Who did you vote for in the '08 Presidential primary, Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama?
Moran: "President Barack Obama" (Finally, an actual answer. Mazel tov.)
