Talent - McCaskill debate
Last night's debate was telling:
Talent looks like a beaten man.
He was haplessly attacking McCaskill without pacing or timing. It reminded me of Bush Sr.'s spastic, slightly incoherent, style. It's like his advisors told him he needed a knockout. But his attacks were all in the Who Cares category - husband has lots of LLCs, she was late paying personal property tax, blah blah blah. The contrast to his unwillingness to address the issues - strategic and tactical failures in Iraq, minimum wage - was devastating.
Polls, Fundraising, GOTV operations... I don't need any of the usual indicators to discern the momentum of this race. It's over. Talent knows he's beat. You could see it last night.
Yes, it's a little early to be making this call, but... I'll be shocked if McCaskill doesn't win.
On the other side of the stage, Ms. McCaskill seems to have found a voice and an image with which she is comfortable. She sounded -- and looked -- like herself: confident, tough, knowledgeable, witty.
One unfortunate thing for Mr. Talent was a goof-up in the control room. During the candidates-ask-each-other-questions segment, the director reversed the on-screen images causing Talent (who was listening to the questions and answers) to seem to be looking directly away from McCaskill, adding to the overall impression of psychic discomfort he was projecting.
Posted by publiceye on Tue., Oct 17, 2006 at 11:34 AMAnd you heard it here first! Dave, I think you're right. Now people have to execute, execute, execute.
Posted by ellen on Tue., Oct 17, 2006 at 11:51 AMI really wish there wasn't still three weeks until election day. Too many things can still happen.
Posted by lsdemocrat on Tue., Oct 17, 2006 at 12:44 PM
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