Friday, October 20, 2006
Debate Saga Episode X: "All Over But The Crying"
Well, that was pretty good! It's sure a shame there aren't going to be more.
It certainly showed that Barbara Ann is a very serious candidate. Viewers who don't want to vote for Kay Bailey (aka, My Favorite People In The World) now realize they have a great alternative that they can be excited about. And with Barbara Ann clearly on the offense about a wide range of issues, hopefully that will help shape the campaigns over these last few weeks.
Though as with most debates, I'm afraid it probably didn't change many minds that were already made up (except perhaps for people who were going to vote for that poor, hapless Libertarian guy). I have to grudgingly admit that Kay held together pretty well under the onslaught.
My personal favorite moment? That's a tie. One was when the panel asked Sen. Hutchison about her broken term limit pledge, even quoting back to her the t-shirt quote. The other was when Barbara Ann said, "For anyone to say that Rhode Island has the same infrastructure needs is not from this planet," echoing the exact same thought, with the exact same example, that I had shouted at the TV mere seconds before.
Lastly, thank god I didn't play the debate drinking game where you drank every time Kay said "cut & run". I'd have been dead of alcohol poisoning before the thing was half over.
Update: C-SPAN has now has the debate video (RealPlayer format).
It certainly showed that Barbara Ann is a very serious candidate. Viewers who don't want to vote for Kay Bailey (aka, My Favorite People In The World) now realize they have a great alternative that they can be excited about. And with Barbara Ann clearly on the offense about a wide range of issues, hopefully that will help shape the campaigns over these last few weeks.
Though as with most debates, I'm afraid it probably didn't change many minds that were already made up (except perhaps for people who were going to vote for that poor, hapless Libertarian guy). I have to grudgingly admit that Kay held together pretty well under the onslaught.
My personal favorite moment? That's a tie. One was when the panel asked Sen. Hutchison about her broken term limit pledge, even quoting back to her the t-shirt quote. The other was when Barbara Ann said, "For anyone to say that Rhode Island has the same infrastructure needs is not from this planet," echoing the exact same thought, with the exact same example, that I had shouted at the TV mere seconds before.
Lastly, thank god I didn't play the debate drinking game where you drank every time Kay said "cut & run". I'd have been dead of alcohol poisoning before the thing was half over.
Update: C-SPAN has now has the debate video (RealPlayer format).
