[SergeiRachmaninov]

Love Laura, but a debate coach would have called it very close, with the edge to Matthews. She's fiesty, but did not refute Matthews points effectively.

I am absolutley with you...love Laura and think that she and Michelle are two of the smartest, most tenacious, and ~ballsyest~ conservatives in the media.

Still -- and I only watched the video...did not read -- Laura struggled to try to make a very subtle distinction between whether the war was "about" oil or whether it was "started over oil." She was not very successful, IMO.

[basil]

The thing about shows like this is the guests know that they better talk fast, or they will be talked over by the host. BOR does this all the time.

That has to make the guest a bit nervous, so they try to talk fast, with not a lot of time to think about how to phrase each thought to make the most impact.