“It’s hard in a town-hall format like next week’s to attack, and too easy to come across as mean and nasty...”
But Townhalls are what dems are best at. They always have some sincere looking shills with prepared questions like, “After Bain Capital threw my Husband out of work and made me bear the child of a rapist, my son was diagnosed with chronosynclastic infindibulum and it costs a million dollars a day to keep him alive. Why do you want to kill him, Mitt Romney?”
But they always give themselves away. They can't resist the fifteen minutes of fame, and the temptation to get rococo with it. Unlike Joe the Plumber, eg. Remember, Ms. Fluke was going to require the time and attention of the U.S. Congress -- as if she had something to contribute.