I’m a fan and I’m glad to see PJM stretching. But no cigar for this interview. First of all, the format is too static. Secondly, the interviewee is defensive and dull. I think a more mobile interview, Roger chasing interviewees down the street with a mike shouting questions, for instance, would be a far more dramatic format. As for interviewees, Barack Obama’s Jewish advisors, handlers, and major financial supporters would be far more exciting. Carl Rove readily answers personal questions about his family, his faith, his religious affiliations. Why not Obama’s Hebrew honchos? Are they weekly family worshipers affiliated with a regular congregation and pastor like their candidate? Do they and their families enjoy an intimate, long standing relationship with their rabbi? Does their rabbi spew hatred of Christians or Muslims from the pulpit? Racism? Treason? Contempt of Romans? Greeks? Persians? Would they not immediately quit their synagogue if their rabbi did any such thing? Etc.
