Gwen Ifill needs to recuse herself

The public's trust in the news media is maybe a few notches higher than Congress, but not much. Why the Commission on Presidential Debates needs someone selected from the news media is a mystery to me. They read and write text for a living--they are no better informed than a blogger from Ohio who reads and writes for fun, their faces and voices just are recognizable. Why not someone who doesn't make a living catering to politicians at the local, state and national level? It's OK for them to go out and explain weather to the kindergartners or cut ribbons at the opening of new nursing homes, but let's give them a night off during the debates. She has a serious conflict of interest, and McCain is a wimp for not objecting. There would be no reason for Obama to object--he knows the press is in his hip pocket wallet.

PBS sure gets their shorts in a knot over someone else's perceived conflict of interest.