Jan 6
The Debates - My Take
I have to say the two debates were by no means boring.
It became quite evident early on in the Republican debate that Mitt Romney can’t seem to get away from the negative side, slamming John McCain every chance he got. He also slammed some of the other Republican candidates as well. John McCain got in a few good jabs in response, but he kept them to a minimum, trying to focus on the positive. It also appeared the other candidates were gunning for Romney as well, though the rest of the back and forth was, for the most part, cordial.
While I have already made my decision as to which candidate I will vote for on next Tuesday (Fred Thompson), I have to say that Rudi Giuliani impressed me. If he were to win the Republican nomination, I would have no problem voting for him.
The Democrat debate didn’t get quite as negative as the Republican debate, but there were still more than a few pointed barbs thrown by one candidate or another towards Hillary Clinton. It seems to me that they were trying very hard to stay as neutral and as careful as they could, not giving any details about how they would approach this problem or that, unless they were trying to show that they weren’t Hillary. The only issue where they seemed to have detailed plans was for a rapid withdrawal from Iraq, regardless of the consequences. That certainly didn’t fill me with confidence and made it clear that I have nothing in common with them at all.
A poll by WMUR-TV after the debates show that McCain gained on Romney and that Obama may have edged out Clinton.
Now it comes down to the only poll that counts the vote on Tuesday.
As you may or may not already be aware, members of the Watcher’s Council hold a vote every week on what they consider to be the most link-worthy pieces of writing around… per the Watcher’s instructions, I am submitting one of my own posts for consideration in the upcoming nominations process.
Here is the most recent winning council post, here is the most recent winning non-council post, here is the list of results for the latest vote, and here is the initial posting of all the nominees that were voted on.
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