Over at Captain's Quarters a conspiracy theory to end all conspiracy theories as the shenanigans over the Fox Republican fisticuffs continues. Just why did the questioning focus on the big three - or at least the big two plus Fred Thompson - for the first 20 minutes or so of the debate? A clue, suggests Romney advisor Ben Ginsberg, might be found in the TV guide.
While Fox had scheduled the debate to start at 8pm eastern, its affiliates had a more gripping encounter to air: game 7 of the American League Championship Series. That started at 8.23, just around the time Ron Paul's microphone was turned on. So if Ron Paul is the bloke who used to come on at the end of the Morecambe and Wise show with the harmonica only to be cut off before the first note, who is Eric in the Republican line-up? And who is Ernie? And what do they wear in bed?
