> That's true. Scarborough made another good point
> though. He said that whereas Kerry won the debate on
> points, that does not necessarily mean that he won
> over Middle America. Bush speaks like the "guy next
> door" and so connects with certain middle america
> types because of that. I believe that Scarborough is
> absolutely correct in this.
Perhaps, but I think the debate did quite a bit to encourage Kerry supporters who were getting discouraged. I'll bet you'll not hear very much in the coming days from the "Kerry campaign sucks" crowd.
This debate (and don't forget we have a couple more) won't discourage the Bush base, but if it helps turn out the Kerry base, and stops the drift of "undecideds" to Bush, it will help quite a bit.
Jon Johanning // jjohanning at igc.org __________________________________ A gentleman haranguing on the perfection of our law, and that it was equally open to the poor and the rich, was answered by another, 'So is the London Tavern.' -- "Tom Paine's Jests..." (1794); also attr. to John Horne Tooke (1736-1812) by Hazlitt