St. Louis really is a long way from Denver. Just ask CNN’s Bill Schneider.
“I am feeling better,” he told TVNewser last evening while in St. Louis covering the Vice Presidential debate. “I am doing better.” Much better than he felt in the Mile High City when he was there in August for the Democratic National Convention.
He went to Denver for the convention, but ended up in the hospital. With a bleeding ulcer. Schneider missed two days on-air, but got back in the swing of things in rapid fashion.
And none too quickly, because Schneider values his role as a political analyst. “I get feedback, which I absolutely love…people come up to me on the street…and they say, ‘I’m not sure I know your name, but I love your stuff because you’re very clear.’
“My response is, ‘Thank you. That’s my job.’ That’s what I’m here to do, to make things clear.” It’s second-nature for Schneider, who has taught at the college level and has a Ph.D. in Political Science from Harvard.
But even though he’s a political junkie, Schneider says he’s ready for a new President to be chosen already. “It feels like I’ve been covering this campaign for years,” he says with a laugh. “Oh wait, I have!”