http://www.weeklystandard.com/Conten...4/707yhfwo.asp


"Kerry often fails to connect, though he surely thrilled Democrats or
independents already committed to voting for him. This is no small thing. If
he hadn't stirred the faithful, the race would be over. The problem for
Kerry, though, is that right now, there aren't enough committed folks to
defeat Bush on November 2. The first debate didn't change that?"


"JohnH" wrote in message
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On Fri, 01 Oct 2004 09:21:18 -0400, thunder
wrote:

On Fri, 01 Oct 2004 08:54:50 -0400, JohnH wrote:


http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2...0/223850.shtml

The author does make some good points. Lerher was asking questions
designed to show administration faults.

John, no amount of spin can put Bush's poor performance on Lehrer. Bush
has done well in his previous debates mainly for one reason, he had no
record and could play the outsider. Now he has a record, and it is his
to
defend.

You are absolutely right. We're talking two different things here. One is
Bush's
performance, which sucked. The other is the tone of the questions, which
Bush
should have expected. The questioning seemed designed to test only Bush's
mettle.
John H

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