I didn’t watch much of it live. I have seen several clips, and I followed some of the live-blogging, and read the conclusions of others–some of whom thought that, while Barry may not have won, he didn’t lose, either. Mr. B.’s mom, whose job it is to watch such things, thought it was a tie. She thought Mac won on content but Barry won on style. Style. Like an Olympic gymnast. Sigh. In some of the clips I saw, he was clearly irritated. I thought it was Mac who was supposed to have the temper?
All in all, I don’t think any of these "debates," are very meaningful, since the participants seldom say anything imaginative. Just their stump speech points. Nor do I think they have much impact on the elections. On the Big Media and the soundbite collections, sure, but how many people do they persuade? I think Biden and Palin will be more fun to watch and I won’t miss that one.
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What is a win, anyway? No stumbles, fumbles or bumbles, so nobody lost, really. I doubt I’ll watch the next Prez debate, but I know I will.
I’m very pumped for the Veep debate. That could have some fireworks in it. I hope Palin has been sandbagging, and rips the Chia pet to shreds. I think she’s very capable of that.
It’s interesting that the Mac-Barry debate apparently drew far less audience than the first Bush-Kerry in ’04. Not sure what that means, except that it decries the notion that Barry’s campaign has drawn out a lot of new voters. Or else that Mac’s pick of Palin failed to energize conservatives. Ot something else. Whoo.
I expect the Sarah-Joe one will draw more audience, but only because of her. I’m sure she could rip him a new one, if he gets condescending. If he doesn’t, she might just spend the time lighting up the room with her smile.