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[beachmom]

16. Yes, I am reading of criticism of Kerry because of that honesty

That is why I am wondering if all of this helped Romney. He "won" but mostly by cheating. He pretended everything he proposed throughout the entire campaign didn't exist. I will omit mean spirited tweets, but these two are substantive:

https://twitter.com/AlecMacGillis/status/253852450803564544

Was the problem in using Kerry as debate prep that, all superficial similarities aside, he and Romney are in fact very, very different?

https://twitter.com/Zathras3/status/253859310264778754

They're not, because Kerry couldn't anticipate Romney's strategy. Romney went Full Brazen on Obama; K wld have missed that.

Kerry won his debate with Bush fair and square. He was honest, interesting, likeable, and yes, a good debater. Romney came across as a bit of a jerk to my ears especially the way he was interrupting Lehrer all the time. And that $5 trillion tax cut exchange was as David Corn alluded to today very "Monty Python". Seriously, do you want this buffoon to be in the WH for four years?

As to Obama, no it was not a great night, but he's never been that good a debater. He should do better for the next one.