This is one reason why my formerly grudging support for Romney is now enthusiastic.
I’ve been asking for years, why do Repubs keep funding NPR and PBS.
Romney is the first guy since forever to announce that he is defunding them, and he did it right to their faces. He just created the political space to do just that.
It was a terriffic way to knock Jim Lehrer off his game. Instead of Jim being in control, Romney bluntly stated he would have the power to cut him off. How many candidates have ever threatened to fire their moderators? Maybe only Reagan with his "I paid for this microphone."