Bush vs. Kerry: 45 minutes into the debate...Bush is winning.
Kerry's trying to appeal to logic while Bush is focused on emotion.
If this were boxing, Kerry is the technically-proficient pugilist with a steady jab, who writes essays on the sweet science for the New Yorker. Bush is the street brawler who can barely spell his name but packs a powerful right hook and is always on the Sportscenter highlights.
Kerry is the dancer, jabbing and dodging, waiting for the optimal moment; Bush is the bruiser, pounding away at the body.
...and now it's done and my opinion is unchanged. Bush did what he needed to do, Kerry didn't.
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- Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
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- Guy LeCharles Gonzalez works in publishing by day, world domination by night. Over the years he’s lived in Staten Island and South Beach Miami; served in the Jehovah’s Witnesses, US Army, and Dennis Kucinich’s ‘04 Presidential Campaign; won poetry slams, founded a reading series, co-authored a book of poetry and launched the coolest online literary journal ever; prefers Pumpkin and India Pale Ales, Jim Beam, and Dona Paula Shiraz Malbec. He’s a devout Mets and Jets fan from the Bronx now living in New Jersey, and has a beautiful wife and two amazing kids.
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Kerry's performance most likely comforted those already leaning his direction, that might otherwise simply not bother to vote. I don't think he gained any significant ground with those on the fence, though, or those on the sidelines who see no reason to vote for either of them. That translates into a victory for Bush who simply has to hold his ground and not do anything glaringly stupid. With the bar set for him as low as it is, that's going to pretty hard to do.
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