George Stephanopoulos Again Features an Obama Aide to Deride GOP Debate

Scott Whitlock | September 13, 2011
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After the September 7th Republican debate, Good Morning America's George Stephanopoulos turned to a top Democrat for reaction. After the September 8th jobs speech by Barack Obama, Stephanopoulos turned to a top Democrat for reaction. On September 13, after the GOP presidential contenders debated in Florida, the ABC host turned to yet another top Democrat for reaction.

Stephanopoulos offered softball questions to David Axelrod, the President's former senior advisor, treating the Democrat as though he were some disinterested political observer. After asserting that Rick Perry had "changed his tune" on Social Security, the GMA anchor wondered, "Did he fix the Social Security problem he has?"