by some of our most entertaining real life actors on the political stage today. Tune in and watch the raw reality in real time. No behind-the-scenes fake conflict set-ups needed.
You'll find drama, in-fighting, conflict, dirty money, patriotism, slips of the tongue, changes of allegiance, spectacular apologies, ornate compliments, faint praise, kickbacks, testiness, bland side-stepping, strange alliances, fighting words and challenges, theatrical generalizations and gestures, and perhaps even scandals and secrets revealed by the time the presidential election finally comes around in the U.S.
I’m talking about the engrossing reality show for those who don’t usually watch them – brought to you by the usually staid C-SPAN. Check out Road to the White House, the weekly wrap-up of the presidential race.
VSL (Very Short List) brought it to my attention: “Basically, it’s raw speeches and press conferences — a sort of MTV Unplugged for the politically engaged. You get to see the wannabes up close, in revealing real time, minus any cheesy cable-news filter.
This show is all about getting a pure, visceral, physical sense of what the candidates are like — their chitchat style with real people before they take the stage, the way they breathe or smack their lips. Even the biggest names are refreshingly unpredictable: An improbably charismatic Hillary Clinton, for instance, scored big in Iowa, while eerily baby-faced John Edwards bored his youthful New Hampshire crowd."
There’s also a free podcast version of the show.
