"I guess you had to be there" is the first comment that comes to my mind when thinking of the barriers there are between being at the "Big Dance" in person versus watching it on television. Aside from the obvious framing that takes place in the speeches and the questions, I believe one of the biggest barriers for those of us watching the question and answer section on television is that we are not getting the full experience. We are battling at home with noise (kids crying, cooking dinner) that keeps us distracted and, even if we were concentrating 100 percent at the discussions which are taking place on our television screen, we still do not receive the full 360 degree effect of seeing the reactions of our peers around us or the effects of the many television cameras surrounding the room. Not only do we get the framing of what the politicians want us to hear but we also get the framing of what the cameramen want us to see. What we see and what we hear is just one snapshot of the reality of it.