NJ-3 Runyan: Gets the Question. Flubs it.

by: Rosi Efthim

Wed Oct 20, 2010 at 02:31:00 PM EDT

Seriously? Checking in on recent Supreme Court decisions is a general-knowledge question and it flummoxed both Sarah Palin and just days ago left Christine O'Donnell flapping, how did Jon Runyan manage not to see this coming and you know, brush up on civics 'n stuff.

Sarah Palin: ("Hmmm... let's see ...")
Christine O'Donnell: (Oh, gosh ... um... give me a specific one. I'm sorry ....)

John Adler, Harvard man, put the question to GOP opponent Jon Runyan in last night's debate for Millenium Radio on the campus of Ocean County College.

The Question (as asked by Adler): Can you give me a  example from the last 10 or 15 years of a Supreme Court decision with which you strongly disagree. Adler even helpfully points out that the Supreme Court is a "different branch of government" than the one Runyan's running for. Video quality: not great. Runyan's answer: priceless.

After the jump, watch Sarah Palin & Christine O'Donnell's also-not-ready-for-primetime answers to the same damn question).