Great editorial!

[Oddman]

FOR SIX months since the effective end of the primary season, President Bush has been portrayed as better able to control the debate by staying on message while John Kerry sends mixed messages. Last night at the first televised presidential debate, that equation was turned on its head.

When Kerry said, "This president isn't getting the job done," it had the unmistakable click of truth.

Meanwhile, the president's much vaunted ability to stay on message seemed more like a life raft he was grabbing as tough questioning in the 90-minute debate bore in on him and the essential thinness of his message was revealed. His repeated assurance, "We are going to win in Iraq," began to seem petulant, almost querulous.


http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2004/10/01/kerrys_turnaround/

[displacedtexan]

1. That's from boston.com????????????

Wow!

They always dis JK!

[Sparkly]

2. It sounded to me like Chimp's closing statement was an argument for

Kerry.

We need strength, we need decisiveness, we need this and that and the other... After what we'd just heard, it sounded like a ringing endorsement of Kerry.

[Oddman]

3. true