[5:40] I put “watching” within quotation marks because I do more listening than actual watching. Maybe that’s why I scored the debate the same for the presidential candidates… I didn’t notice Bush supposedly looking irritated and the like. (Note: Supposedly, the networks weren’t supposed to show the reactions of the candidates, but I guess they went against their agreement.)
[7:50] Watched the debates, took notes. Will add more later. Maybe not even until tomorrow. I think I might score this debate as slightly favoring Cheney, but I wasn’t able to think completely objectively, so I can’t say.
I thought Cheney was generally mumbling, and worst of all, was talking to GWEN… not the American people. I think Edwards did a much better job of addressing the audience, and he gave an air of being confident and leader-like in his responses. Cheney was unable to knock Edwards out so to speak, which he probably had to do in order to stem the hemorrhaging of Bush’s dismal performance last week.
William Saletan, the lead political correspondent at Slate.com, has a striking analysis of how well Edwards “kicked Cheney’s expletive.” ::chuckle::
http://slate.msn.com/id/2107808/
I totally agree with Saletan.