This debate was such a facial smack from Chenney to Edwards, I could feel it. No way this will go down as a draw (of course excluding rigged polls). I'm sure they're still cleaning Edward's bodily fluids off the debate floor.
I wonder if he got hauled away in the ambulance he chased after in the parking lot at the start of the debate.
Edwards did very well stylistcally. That's no scoop, he's a world class plaintiffs attorney. He didn't make $60 million by being a sincere, glibless plowhorse in that vile business. This John John poofter team probably would have succeeded in the years Democrats succeeded .. 1960, 1976 and 1992. The years after the Republicans did the hard work and ended tough wars and peace was at hand. This ain't that time.
If Bush won in 2000 from an "incumbent" RAT VP in a time of peace and prospertiy ... why would anyone dump him in favor of a liberal Massachussetts Senator in 2004 when we are at War? That's not the way America operates. The fraud isn't going to carry the day, this is going to be a righteous arse smoking.
Our success may be a liability in 2008, but let's get there in one piece as a soverign nation and we'll deal with it then. That's my working philosophy.