Too bad that's exactly who is going to decide the next four or eight years, and our outcomes for all that time.
And they'll do it on atmospherics and impressions. Bush, unfortunately, lost, and he may have lost the election already. It was his first, best chance to make a real impression -- in the round, in the flesh -- with those undecideds. His best hope is that they'll keep on watching baseball and NBA games on cable instead, right up to Election Day, and that they didn't see the debate.
It was a missed chance, and the 'Rats' gloating tells us everything we need to know about them. Anyone see Larry O'Donnell on McLaughlin last night? He looked like he was possessed by Pazuzu. He was radiating dark light.
I don't think so. Reagan did far, far worse on his first debate in 84. Conservatives were despondent. But I remember well his comeback in #2, and his sweep of the nation.
Bush was worn out from long days in Florida comforting hurricane victims and cheering up Red Cross volunteers. Boy Toy had spent a day and half in a massage spa getting his orange skin buffed and his nails polished.