Live-blogging? Blogs of War is. Blogs for Bush, too.
Like ConsterNations, we'll be "sorta live."
10:08 Thought: conservatives really want to see Bush smoke this guy and won't be satisfied with less. However, for better or worse, the masses get to decide. Three and half weeks to go.
10:01 Consternations:
The president elevated his game to surprising heights, and John Kerry was left resting on the plateau he reached last week.
9:59 Fox: Kondrake and Kristol say Kerry won due to Bush's missed opportunities. Barnes: better for Bush; "at least tied."
9:58 Geraghty:
I like the heavily-overcaffinated, fired-up Bush a lot better than the Blinky McPursedlips we got the other night.
9:55 Hillary on Fox. Ewww.
9:45 Kondrake and Kristol lamenting Bush's failure to cite Kerry's opposition to the 1991 Gulf War. Good point.
9:43 Laura Bush is being treated like a rock star.
9:40 Chris Wallace on Fox News: "George W. Bush came to play."
9:38 Overall: much stronger performance by President Bush. Great job.
9:37 Bush gave an awesome closing statement. Smooth and eloquent.
9:29 Bush question: which of your decisions were wrong? Bush stands by his "big" decisions on war, etc. Kerry gets last chance to repeat all his old accusations.
9:26 Kerry totally waffles question on federal funding for abortion: he's against it but will fund it. Bush straight and direct: no funding.
9:20 Bush on Supreme Court nominees: Dred Scott case example of judicial activism. "Plenty of lawmakers in Washington already."
9:18 Bush gave heartfelt answer to stem cell question. The eyes of the young woman who asked seemed to by shining as she watched his answer.
8:58 Bush: keep the economy growing by keeping taxes low. On Kerry's tax and spend record: "You can run but you can't hide."
8:49 Good simple question about spending growth under Republican government. Uh oh -- Bush fudging the truth now about the deficit. It's NOT just caused by the recession, the war, and tax cuts. It's also the pigs feeding at the spending trough. But folks may not know that. Liberal Kerry can only talk about tax cuts for the rich... and now Enron. Stupid.
8:33 Bush: "You tell Tony Blair we’re going alone!" Slam.
8:30 Bush just used the word "facile." Correctly.
8:27 Question for Kerry: what would you do if sanctions fail to rein in Iran? Kerry is babbling about North Korea and Russian uranium stockpiles. Bush: Kerry's view is "naive and dangerous." Slam.
8:19 Bush point: the war on terror is more than Osama bin Laden. Indeed.
8:16 Both candidates are almost shouting. Odd.
Posted by Alan at October 8, 2004 08:16 PM