I’m a sucker for political debates. In recent months, I’ve been watching the Republican candidates for president “spar” and “trade barbs,” as the headlines say.
As I watched the latest debate on CNN this week, I saw how this field of candidates might operate in a newspaper newsroom. So here are the Republican contenders, recast in their roles as editors:
- Herman Cain: business editor
- Rick Perry: sports/outdoors editor
- Jon Huntsman: wire editor
- Rick Santorum: city editor, religion columnist
- Newt Gingrich: editorial page editor
- Michelle Bachmann: health editor, parenting columnist
- Mitt Romney: executive editor
- Ron Paul: copy desk chief
