Tough interview for McCain from... local TV reporter in Maine

Hey Alaska is the first state that would be invaded. After watching Palins interview with Charles gibson and her views that might become a possibility.

She knows energy better than anyone in the country??? I couldn't even finish watching because he kept whistling and it was driving me nuts! Great interviewer though.

Good seed evano....Charlie could learn a lot from Mr. Caldwell. The more I see Palin & McCain doing their spin together it seems the more inept McCain appears. McCain is still pushing the "never takes on his party" spin....at some time reality will hit him that you take on your party when they are wrong.

Wow, this guy roasted McCain! Why won't the national media do this for us?

This guy took it to Mccain I almost felt bad for Mccain.

It was really tough to try to defend her pretend record and sell it at the same time.

From what I read Charlie did not do bad... He was not this Guy but he did expose some important deficiencies.

This guy was tough!! I agree 100% with you jkb. Thank God for the internet or the world would never see this. McCain held up better than I thought he would and he kept his cool, but some of the his talking points and justifications were crazy! He said that Palin was right about Iraq and Obama was wrong? Nobody even knows what she thought about Iraq at the time the war started! Obama was firmly against that war from the beginning and he's still right. We should never have been there in the first place. If you recall this stance was unpopular both with Democrats and Republicans at the time.

That's it! I am switching from CNN and MSNBC to WCSH6. That station really knows how to cover political news.

Quite possibly the most salient point in this interview:

How can the incumbent party run on a reform ticket? Especially when McCain voted with Bush on just about everything.

Wow. Just... Wow.

You seeing this, Gibson? This is the trial by fire journalists should be giving both candidates: a fact-driven series of questions calling into question the discrepancies in policy between their statements and their record of action. None of this 3 A.M. fluff. None of this pregnant daughter malarkey. None of the guilt-by-association or psychoanalysis of gaffes.

This is what real journalism looks like, and this is what presidential coverage should be: calm, lucid, and willing to take on a campaign's talking points.

Energy?????????? Are you kidding me? Energy is a her foreign policy experience? I heard Palin say this mess today during her ABC interview this is a stretch and a leap. This is worst than the stretch the made about the knowing foreign policy because she lives next to Russia. Living near Canada and Mexico doesn't give you foreign policy experience. See why can't they just say she doesn't have any foreign policy experience? I just can't take this.

Yipes!! Grampy was in the weeds on that one.

That my friends, is what journalism looks like!

What an excellent interview. Rob Caldwell should be a national journalist. I would like to see him interview Obama or preside over the presidential and vice presidential debates. Ruthless, direct, and poignant questions.

Palin's foreign policy experience is Energy??????????????????
Her state is close to Russia though
And she's been to Canada and Mexico. (That's probably why she invented the mooseburger taco for the church cookbook.)
She's also probably had international cuisine like Pizza, Tacos and spaghetti...Chowmein might be a stretch.
Oh Yeah and I heard she's supportive of going to war with Russia.

Don't all religions teach that all living creatures are to be respected? Palin is pro-life, yet, she kills innocent animals, like the bear she has on display in her mansion on her sofa. I could understand if animals were to be hunted for food, or use their furs as means to keep one warm. I also understand that in parts of the country it is necessary to hunt in order to keep the animal population down, but just the sheer joy of killing? I'd think she'd be a bit more sensitive to ending a life that God has created. Is not like she is a hunter and does not swing one way or another when it comes to life. She is pro-life.

Is there something wrong with this? Sin to kill unborn babies but acceptable to kill defenseless animals just to display one's power over them? I wonder if the tables were turned, the bear were hunting her in order to put her on display would she be singing another tune? What does this say about her? Does she respect only the life of humans but the hell with every other living creature?

This is confusing to me. Respect some but not others, not understanding this. I don't understand it coming from someone who does not care one way or another, but this is coming from someone who is pro-life and actually kills herself.

Tim Russert would be proud. Straight talk, pointed questions, pulling the interviewee back on track - great interview. I almost...almost...felt sorry for McCain. He looked old and very out of his league. It is obvious that McCain wasn't expecting a serious interview. Good job to Rob Caldwell. I hope this is seen by many.

Have you ever seen someone make something up as they go along? Just watched McCain and it was pathetic how he was grasping at straws trying justify Sarah Palin. When he talked about his own candidacy he was more self-assured. All of which leads one to believe, he doesn't really believe she's qualified. He's just trying to sell himself and her to the American voter. Watching him, I saw all the negative qualities you hear of when people disparage politicians. And, it wasn't pretty.

McCain/Palin will be out of their depths in the Oval Office. Events and issues will come so hard and so fast, Sarah Palin could be president the very first week. God help us.

The scary thing is that most of my right wing friends would look at that clip and say that he was really thinking on his feet.

MSNBC... did you watch the interview?

Get a copy of Rob Caldwell's resume today! Don't wait until he gets picked up by a rival network. WCSH is an NBC affiliate; you should already know this guy.

Seriously, you need this kind of journalism on your team.

Hire him!

I watched it again. Either McCain has dementia or she's not qualified. Oh wait it could be both. I can see McCain introducing his top adviser at a diplomatic dinner as the Governor of Maine er um er....Mai ...Alaska. She has great qualifications in foreign policy in regards to um Er...ENERGY and she's been to Alask I mean Canada and Mexico, prior to getting her passport last year......Did I tell you she has excellent foreign policy experience in energy....you know energy did I tell you that and I'm a POW.

you all can believe that if you won't to i don't believe anything that comes out of miss palin mouth or mcsame mouth because both of them are lying so much that they can't even keep all of them straight they are trying to lie there way into the white house AND THAT IS JUST NOT GOING TO WORK WE ARE SMARTER THAN THAT ... VOTE OBAMA'08 VOTE OBAMA'08...VOTE OBAMA'08 FOR PRESIDENT
THEY ARE LYING EVERY SINGLE DAY AND GETTING CAUGHT IN THE LIES I KNOW AINT KNOW BODY PERFECT, BUT THEY ARE LYING LIKE RUGS BOTH OF THEM.... AND THE LAST TIME I CHECKED IF YOU ARE A CHRISTIAN YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSE TO LIE SEEM TO ME THEY DO. OH WELL THAT IS BETWEEN THEM AND THERE GOD ALL UP IN THE CHURCH TALKING ABOUT PRAY THAT IT IS GOD WILL FOR THE WAR IN IRAQ, KNOW YOU NEED TO PRAY FORGIVENESS FOR ALL OF THOSE LIES YOU DONE TOLD WITH A STRIGHT FACE AND SOME THOSE WAS NOT EVEN WITH A STAIGHT FACE BECAUSE I BELIEVE MISS PALIN HAVE A SHORTAGE IN HER EYE BECAUSE IT JUST KEEP WINKING IN THE INTERVIEW CHARLIE GIBSON EVERY NOW AND AGAIN IT WOULD GO HALF WAY CLOSED SOME TIME AND SHE WOULD NOTICE AND SHE WOULD BRING OPEN RIGHT QUICK IT ACT LIKE IT WAS GETTTING READY TO SHORT OUT SHE NEED TO GET FIX BEFORE IT GO ALL THE WAY OUT...(SMILE) VOTE OBAMA'08 VOTE OBAMA'08 FOR PRESIDENT....