A politician lives a lifetime of debating; a lifetime of feeding an audience. No job in America carries with it such a rich history of ridicule. The art of careful deflection has been used throughout the history of presidential debates. Good presidential candidates know how to handle pesky questions during television interviews: Pretend that you were asked something entirely different and respond to this mythical query. Both candidates used this time-honored strategy of artful deflection to avoid any embarrassing admissions. Those searching for the vulnerabilities of both candidates need only focus on the questions that were nervously skirted.
