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Went to check out all the brew-ha-ha about Matthews/Tweety. Found this.

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• October 13, 2004| 11:02 p.m. ET

Kerry may have pulled a trifecta (Joe Trippi)

My quick take on the debate (more when I am on Hardball at 11:45 ET tonight). I thought it was a strong performance by both candidates. And both John Kerry and George Bush had strong moments— but I think Kerry may well have pulled the trifecta win tonight and here’s why:

One of the things that John Kerry and his campaign figured out in the final weeks of Iowa, was that there was voter fatigue in terms of the debate. People had simply become sick and tired of the debate on the war in the primaries, and complaints about what was wrong— and were beginning to hunger for “what’s your plan, and what are you going to do.”

Kerry and his team began talking about his plan for the first 100 days in office — and ran advertising that pulled out of the “old” debate turned to his 100 day plan. And it worked—better than they probably expected.

Tonight, I think Kerry took a page out of his Iowa play book – with American’s tired of the same criticisms leveled again by both sides against each other – Kerry stepped out of that “old” debate and instead laid out his plan and stuck, for the most part to what he is going to do.

Bush had some incredibly strong moments – Kerry had more – and while Bush showed up with his same “old” attacks – Kerry moved to his plans for the future. Both came in with a strategy, and I think Kerry’s worked better.

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