Presidential Debate

[kandrathe]

I will say that he did much better in this debate than the last one.  He was more aggressive and sounded more like he knew what he was talking about.  The platform was more suited to his style and he used that to his advantage.  That being said, this:
...is beyond a significant overstatement.  If his words spoke to you; fair enough.  However, the majority of reaction has been far more mixed.  From what I can see, it may not have been enough to make up for debate number one. 

The fact of the matter is that these things are so short and attuned to the sound byte culture that nothing truly substantive can come from them anyways.  One would think that that should act to Bush's advantage, as Senate voting is a difficult thing to defend without reference to the circumstances of such votes.  So far, I would say that he has been only marginally successful at attacking Kerry's record; particularly given Kerry's point in re: his voting to balance the budget on consecutive occasions.  While Kerry's 'plan' may often sound like empty rhetoric, I'm not sure that Bush has adequately made his own case to defeat Kerry's position as "not George Bush".  We'll have to see.
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I would rather see them box, and trash talk each other in the ring. "C'mon John, you want a piece of me?" It would be more entertaining and suited to US foreign policy anyway.