This is either incredibly brave or incredibly stupid.Gwen Ifill, who is writing a book about the new generation of black leaders, using Barack Obama's "stunning" campaign as a glowing example of a new kind of candidate, not only refuses to recuse herself from moderating tonight's VP debate but has now challenged viewers to "make up their own minds" whether she is biased or not after watching. From an AP dispatch:PBS journalist Gwen Ifill, moderator of the upcoming vice presidential debate, dismissed conservative questions about her impartiality because she is writing a book that includes material on Barack Obama. Ifill said Wednesday that she hasn’t even written her chapter on Obama for the book “The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama,” which is to be published by Doubleday on Jan. 20, 2009, the day a new president is inaugurated. “I’ve got a pretty long track record covering politics and news, so I’m not...(Read Full Post)