My thoughts on tonight's debate

[dave29]

Tonight's debate will be the most interesting debate so far. Depending of course on format/moderator.

Kerry will be under his first real assault as obvious frontrunner.

Dean is no longer the frontrunner - and some would say is on the ropes. He has nothing to lose now - and seems to do better as the underdog.

Edwards needs to look as Presidential as possible to maintain his support in the state.

Clark has to regain his footing.

Lieberman needs some serious Joementum.

Kucinich needs some serious Joementum.

And most importanntly - Sharpton. More than anyone else, what he does in this debate could shape the outcome of South Carolina.

[Bad Thoughts]

1. Clark must show he can defend himself ...

...since he won't go on the attack.

[Myra]

4. C'mon Wes, you need to show your stuff. Wes Wingers know your stuff,

now show the others!

[in_cog_ni_to]

2. Clark will use a new strategy....

he will not answer the same questions he has answered a million times and if he is asked the SAME thing, he will say something about it.

Clarkies...expect a "You use to be a lobbyist, but last week you said you had never taken money from lobbyists." Wolfie was talking about that earlier...."JUST RELEASED, BRAND NEW INFORMATION! CLARK USE TO BE A LOBBYIST FOR ACXIOM" AND on and on and on it went.

NO DOUBT.....that will be a question...AGAIN. They asked about that at the last debate. It's nothing new and I hope he tells them to eat shit he will not answer it again.

Offense, offense, offense! He must go on the offense tonight. Stand up to those assholes!

[girl gone mad]

3. I sincerely hope..

He does better this time.

He is very good on the stump. I'd love to see him relaxed and a bit more off the cuff.

[returnable]

5. It's a tough trick

Yeah, Clark's answered the same question a million times. We all know that.

But we have to remember, new voters will be seeing him for the very first time.

So he can't just dismiss the questions as redundant.

But since he knows what's coming, he can certainly have much better answers prepared than what he offered last time around.