Koin 6 at 6 Sunday

I watch the news alot and actually watched many different news programs but The one I wanted to write about was the Sunday 6 at 6. It had a virtual debate between senator Gordon Smith and Jeff Merkley. It was an interview of both the candidates answering the same questions and they just switched back and forth bewteen them for each question. I like this sort of debate because it tends to get a more direct response and forces them to give their response independent of what the other says. I really liked this particular one because it touched on the personality of each candidate, by asking how it made them feel when they saw one of their opponents campaign ad that instead of bringing up the candidate it attempts to slap down the opponent. Jeff Merkley did the typical run around with the question without saying a direct response like " I don't worry about it" or " It doesn't bother me". He actually turned his response into a negative ad for Gordon Smith when the question was asking about his personal feeligs. This did not appeal to me at all, I hate mudslinging and when a candidate won't obviously state their personal feelings on a subject. Gordon Smith Directly said "It hurts my feelings because they're dishonest at best half of the story". Which is exactly how I would think a person should feel. He makes a good point about how in one of Jeff Merkley's ads it states that Smith voted to privitize social security. He replies that AARP which is a leading social security and insurance company for senoirs Named Gordon Smith Senator of the year. Which they obviously would not have given him that award if he had voted that way. This was really a good debate for Gordon Smith and definately helped me with my choice.