Notes From Last Night's Debate
Some random and sometimes whimsical observations for your reading pleasure.
- Romney did great. My readers (both of them) know that I'm not terribly impressed with the man, but he performed the best here. He seemed far calmer than he has in any of the other debates.
- Referring to the money spent on the war in Iraq as "treasure" caught on pretty quick.
- The questions were ridiculous. The majority of them were "gotcha!" questions where the candidates were asked things about their campaigns and poll numbers, rather than anything about their policies. Truly horrendous job by MSNBC.
- The conventional wisdom -- that Rudy needed some sort of seminal moment to save his campaign -- is probably true, but is still obscuring the fact that his performance was very, very good. Just not the stuff last-minute comebacks are made of.
- Brian Williams' laptop uses the default "Windows XP" screensaver.
- During the segment where candidates ask each other questions, nobody asked Ron Paul anything. Must be kinda sad, like being the only kid in class who doesn't get a Valentine. Someone should choo-choo-choose him.
- Romney's attempt to turn his self-contributions into a positive by saying he's not beholden to anyone is a clever redirection, but he undermines it when he simultaneously boasts that he's raised the most money of any of the candidates.
- Let's face it: Huckabee is insanely charming, and he always speaks smoothly, as if he's rehearsed what he's saying even when we know he hasn't. The Norris stuff was gold.
- The above notwithstanding, Huckabee made himself seem small by talking about parents missing soccer practices. I realize that, today, Presidential candidates are expected to have a plan to fix just about every ill there is, but I would hope that'd be left off the list.
- Romney's answer on gun control was hard to decipher. He supported previous legislation, but does not support "new" legislation? Isn't that another way of saying he's changed his mind?
Romney has been inching ahead of McCain in most Florida polls, and he performed well here, so I think he wins the Sunshine State.
TigherHawk has some fun notes on the debate up, as well.
» January 25th, 2008
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