Kerry did much better than I thought he would last night. I still think he's full of it - how does he propose to pay for all of his quick fix programs for starters - but he didn't come across as pedantic as I figured he would. Bush seemed tired and he stammered as usual, but he didn't make any major mistakes either. Kerry gets a slight edge in the debate for style but in my house we don't vote on style. He made one huge blunder that the GOP will refer to often when he said a US pre-emptive strike would only happen if it passed the "global test". Diplomacy is fine to a point, but at some juncture you better do what's necessary or nothing will ever be solved. Parents know that constant threats of punishment mean nothing to a child if you never actually go through with them. The debate should cheer the Kerry camp and give them some hope they can actually beat Bush, but unless George really stumbles in the next two debates I think Kerry's campaign is still hopeless. Maybe the GOP wanted Bush to give Kerry an easy time in the foreign policy debate just so it will surprise viewers when Bush does a better job then expected in the domestic debates. That's the kind of right wing conspiracy theory that the Democrats will use if it happens that way.
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