It's fascinating to see MSNBC's results indicating "the percentage of people who think John Edwards won tonight's debate." It is obvious that either:
- A) These people were not watching the same debate I did
- B) The liberals are much better hackers than their conservative counterparts
- C) The people at MSNBC have taken over for CBS!
Vice President Cheney clearly dominated the debate. While Sen. John Edwards repeated the same rhetorical comments for multiple questions, Vice President Cheney provided clear, concise answers. Vice President Cheney also challenged his opponent on a number of issues, especially the Jr. Senator's and John Kerry's voting and attendance records. These were challenges for which Sen. Edwards had no satisfactory answers.
Not only did Senator Edwards lose on substance, he also lost on form. On multiple occasions he interrupted his opponent, a clear violation of the rules set for the debate. He also repeated the name of his running mate John Kerry twice, in response to a question where the moderator gave explicit instructions to NOT do so.The "cutaways" of Sen. Edwards showed him as clearly nervous while Vice President Cheney pointed out his horrible record in the Senate and the equally poor record of John Kerry. By comparison, Vice President Cheney remained cool and poised during his opponents remarks.
Vice President Cheney was the obvious winner of this debate!
