Oh, make no mistake, my vote is for Pres Bush and nothing tonight changed my mind on that. And I agree that Kerry's "PLAN" for anything mainly consisted of harangues about why the President's plan was wrong.. but contained no DETAILS (even when asked explicitly by Lehrer) about his own plan.
Heres the one problem I have: most of the "effectiveness" of this debate will depend on how "swing" or undecided voters react to what they saw and heard. And I, for one,cannot possibly imagine what might be in the head of someone who has lived through the last 3 years and has seen the President act decisively to wage war on the terrorists and has seen Kerry flip-flop and waffle and pontificate, and who STILL even at this late date doesn't have a firm opinion on who to vote for.
Did W manage to convince a wavering Kerryite tonight that W is better on the war on terror??? Who knows??? Why wouldn't that yoyo have ALREADY been convinced? And if he wasnt convinced so far, what could possibly convince him now??
I dunno... maybe we W supporters are being too tough and maybe W's message and demeanor struck the right notes with the huckleberries who still haven't seen through Kerry's bullspit veneer?
.... I better be careful... I hope none of them "undecideds" are here now..... if you are: VOTE BUSH FOR A SAFER AMERICA FOR YOUR KIDS !!!
It reminds me of something Jeff Greenfield said many many moons ago on ABC News the night before a presidential election. He said something like: "there are many major issues in this Presidential election, and we as well as every other news outlet have been covering them nonstop. If, after more than a year of campaigning, after all the debates, after all the speeches, after all of it, if you still can't decide who to vote for, then please, for the good of the rest of us, stay home. If after all of that you can't be bothered to form an opinion, just stay home. Go back to sleep."