Monday, September 25, 2006
The First Debate
Saw the first half of the debate. 1.) Thought Healey gently dominated and was winning. 2.) Deval showed he's not Superman, but he handled himself well. He didn't come across as a whacko angry liberal -- and that's important. He remains the big favorite. 3.) Christy was impressive, a slightly more sane sounding Ross Perot. He went after Healey because he needs her votes -- and he probably picked some up tonight. 4.) Ms. Ross looked like a Larouchie, though she wasn't nearly as insufferable as Jill Stein. ... Good debate. Issues came through. ... Would like to see a one-on-one between Kerry and Deval. ... I did NOT see the second half. ...
Update - 9.26.06 -- Proving political debates are like football (i.e. they're not won at halftime), the second half of the debate turned into the Christy Mihos Show, based on televised clips I saw last night. (NECN's post-debate coverage was excellent, BTW.) So points 2.) and 4.) above seem not to have changed much. But point 3.) changed at the expense of point 1.). ... Can't wait to see the polls. Did Deval fall? Do Healey and Mihos gain? ... Deval backers should be quite glad for Mihos and for Grace Ross not being Jill Stein.
Saw the first half of the debate. 1.) Thought Healey gently dominated and was winning. 2.) Deval showed he's not Superman, but he handled himself well. He didn't come across as a whacko angry liberal -- and that's important. He remains the big favorite. 3.) Christy was impressive, a slightly more sane sounding Ross Perot. He went after Healey because he needs her votes -- and he probably picked some up tonight. 4.) Ms. Ross looked like a Larouchie, though she wasn't nearly as insufferable as Jill Stein. ... Good debate. Issues came through. ... Would like to see a one-on-one between Kerry and Deval. ... I did NOT see the second half. ...
Update - 9.26.06 -- Proving political debates are like football (i.e. they're not won at halftime), the second half of the debate turned into the Christy Mihos Show, based on televised clips I saw last night. (NECN's post-debate coverage was excellent, BTW.) So points 2.) and 4.) above seem not to have changed much. But point 3.) changed at the expense of point 1.). ... Can't wait to see the polls. Did Deval fall? Do Healey and Mihos gain? ... Deval backers should be quite glad for Mihos and for Grace Ross not being Jill Stein.
