Conservative reporter against OBAMA supporter.?

Question

Look at the short interview below with an OBAMA supporter.

http://thinkonthesethings.wordpress.com/2008/02/06/video-interviewer-picks-the-wrong-obama-supporter-to-try-to-railroad/

From your perspective please tell me the following:

1. What do you think were the attitudes and presuppositions of the interviewer towards the young guy at the beginning of the interview?

2. Do you think that race, class, ethnicity or age played a role in the interviewers perceptions?

3. Do you feel that the interview was intended to inform, make the kid look bad or the obama movement look bad?

4. What are your impressions of the young man being interviewed?

5. Do you think that the perceptions of the young guy changed as a result of the interviewers interaction with the young man?

6. Please provide any additional remarks regarding our feelings about the interview?

(These questions are part of a small project for a Sociology Class: Race, Class & American Politics. Please be BRUTALLY honest. I want to get a good sample of what people of different walks of life think about this discussion.

Answer 1

My perception was that the interviewer wanted to see if this particular individual really had thought about the issues and to what level he could articulate his position.

The interviewer quickly found that he had picked an intelligent and articulate person who had a core family structure which provided a positive environment from which ideas and concepts could blossom.

My opinion is that the interviewer was both surprised by and pleased with this young man.

I know I was.  This person gives me hope that positive and effective change can occur, and in the short term.