On the eve of the presidential election, with "Monday Night Football" from Washington as the backdrop, candidates Barack Obama and John McCain are planning to participate in one-on-one interviews on ESPN via satellite.
ESPN's Chris Berman will do the segments earlier Monday, pending last-minute schedule changes by the candidates, and they'll air at halftime of the Redskins-Pittsburgh Steelers broadcast from D.C., the network announced. The game kicks off at 8:30 p.m. ET.
I like Berman, but these interviews are going to be less than worthless. He's a little too goofy a sports guy to be interviewing candidates for President. This is the kind of thing they do a few months out, when they're looking to have a relaxing common man appearance. They still look uncomfortable and geeky in the setting, but at least you have some time to get that image out of your head before you go into a booth and pull a lever for one of them to run the country.
Must Cringe TV.
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Ridiculous. Not what I'd expect from two candidates mere hours before Election Day. They don't have anything better to do?
That said, it's the Steelers versus the Redskins. Obama is hoping to impress Redskins fans, McCain hoping to impress Steelers fans.
I imagine the questions will be pretty gentle and meaningless, a fantasy football sort. I'm more worried about voters deciding to vote for the guy who correctly calls the game against the spread.
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