“I had a somewhat different view. Leno was being Devil’s Advocate. He was getting to the heart of the Cruz opposition and promoting the response. Rather than a detractor, I think maybe Leno is a Cruz fan. This was after all NBC, the DNC propaganda organ.”
Had he let Cruz speak without cutting him off with another gotcha, I would agree...but he didn’t. He kicked off a bunch of chain fire questions with complicated answers and kept cutting him off.
I can agree with your point to a degree.
There is another important and probably governing factor, time
Leno, like Cavuto and even Rush sometimes presses the interview to get in all the points within the allotted time. Cruz made his points. He is a very, nay extremely, savvy interviewee. The goal is to limit the discussion to the main points and not spend a lot of time on unneeded garnishment.
Leno laid out the points rapid fire and Cruz provided rapid fire and directly on message response.
Unlike the Sebelius Congressional hearings, where she goes on and on eating up the very limited clock both Leno and Cruz completely understood the process.
In my view, both made outstanding performances