VP Smackdown
I think FOX is going out of their way to be fair to the Dems and tone down any perceived rightward spin. Tonight's consensus that Edwards won the second half of the debate is, at the very least, generous. I want to hear what Susan Estrich has to say, perhaps for the first time in my life.
During the prior Bush/Kerry debate I decided that reading about it instead of condemning myself to the entire 90 minutes was the proper course. Tonight I found myself glued to my seat not only for the whole thing, but long enough to hear the FOX folks say that they thought people would have tuned out halfway through. Check that Kool-Aid pitcher on the set. Then I repaired to my favorite coffee bar to read the bloggy reaction. Hmm, wonder if Pierce has anything. Nah, just a pre-debate anti-Bush rant with a pretty cool Time Magazine cover graphic.
If Bush had managed to pull off a third of Cheney's cool last week Kerry would be out 'coon hunting in camo gear to prove his manhood. As it is, all one can hope for is that W watched and learned tonight.
