[Torie]

Here is a straight up question for you. Am I, or am I not, vindicated in my prediction that Schieffer would handle this debate fairly as moderator?

[jwalsh07]

He was OK. But at times it seemed he was reading dem talking points. He never asked Kerry about his record. For that he gets demerits.

[HardStarboard]

You're at least partly right. I beleive he did as fair a job as a journalist with leftist sympathies could. I have no doubt he is a Kerry man, but he was a more reasonable mocerator than Leherer or gibson.

He was under very close scrutiny - with CBS"s problems with the DanDocuments, he HAD to be reasonable.

That said, he certainly was what we have come to expect from CBS....I'm sure they are not happy!