Reply #294: Edwards/Cheney debate

[Lone_Wolf]

Waterman,

Excellent thread!

I think we should be cautious repeating the meme (especially one that comes from Chris Matthews) that Edwards will destroy Cheney during their eventual debate. While this may be true, we might be raising peoples' (undecided's) expectations of Edwards to an artificially high level. If this happens, all Cheney will then have to do is hold his own in the debate to be declared the "winner."

We should keep in mind that Cheney is a ruthless bastard who has shown us that he can debate. He can also project a grandfatherly image that might not play well with viewers if Edwards is overly aggressive with him.

IMO, we should frame this so that Cheney and Edwards are about equally matched in a debate or even Cheney is the better debater of the two. Just my $0.02.