I watched the YouTube Debates last night. I happen to think that most of the questions were better than the ones that trained journalists have asked of the candidates. Some of these voters aren't as dumb as we'd like to think.
Here's some thoughts. That Gravel fella? He's kind of a loose cannon. He reminded me of Ross Perot's running mate..Stockdale. Chris Dodd: Eh, he didn't float my boat. Joe Biden: Did he seem a little pompous to anyone else? John Edwards: I think he was too old school politics. He was polished and stuck to his talking points and trotted out his son of a mill-worker story that just didn't work for me anymore. Bill Richardson: I thought he sounded like he knew what he was talking about, but I wasn't wowed. David Kucinich: Simply too far left for me. That boils it down to Obama and Clinton for me. I thought both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton sounded presidential and passionate. They sounded articulate and strong.
Maybe its just me, but everyone time Hillary Clinton speaks I am taken back to this really awful history professor I had... and then it happens...my eyelids involuntarily begin to close. I need some sort of inflection in her voice that doesn't seem forced.
I love when she speaks in that halting manner when trying to make a point
I think the newspapers are right (can't believe I said that) regarding there is debate/campaign fatigue setting in. D's are hurting themselves standing up and debating so often.
it's Dennis Kucinich. Dennis.
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Edwards: "and did you know that I am actually the son of a millworker, yes, I have very humble beginnings"
Akward silence, people looking at the floor, crickets chirping.
"and, oh, yea, hey, my wife has cancer"
a smattering of polite claps as
Edwards nervously looks around finally figuring out it's time for some new material.