One of the greatest challenges in blogging is to write about something without knowing anything about it. While I was delighted and honored to be asked by Pajamas Media to cover last night's Iowa Democratic debate, despite my best attempts, there was no way for me to possibly watch it, because it was broadcast on an elite new channel that very few people can receive. This forced me to resort to what is known as the Lapham method of reporting. As Glenn puts it, "I like to write the front story in advance, from the press release."

Bearing in mind that this was not my usual style, I did my best to cover the Debate That Was Not There. As I see it, it did not matter that it hadn't yet started when I covered it, because I couldn't have covered it even when it had. Since I would not have not been able to cover it later, I was just as unable to cover it earlier, and I think I virtually "scooped" the rest of the pack who were unable to cover it later.

So check out my Pajamas Media post about the debate I couldn't watch, broadcast on an elite channel that was not there!

UPDATE: My thanks to Glenn Reynolds for linking the Pajamas Media post!

And I am delighted to see that my predictions may have been misplaced. Hillary got booed in Des Moines, while Obama is ahead!