Right now Keith Olberman is dismantling Cheney on MSNBC and giving the win to Edwards. He then had Howard Fineman on and Fineman said, in examining the veracity of Cheney post-debate, Edwards is the clear winner. Olberman called Cheney a liar. They both agreed that Cheney and Bush are completely divorced from reality. Fineman said "Dick Cheney and George Bush are delusional."
This is the best possible post-debate spin, and it needs to encouraged and hit hard.
Cheney is a liar.
Cheney and Bush are delusional.
And it isn't entirely an accident. Fineman said Edwards had purposefully drawn out Cheney's lies, and didn't answer all of them in the debate, specifically the lie about their not having met, so the lies would be played out over the next few news cycles. And he's right...
As I wrote last night on Maryscott's post-debate thread:
Edwards Won (none / 0)
because Cheny Lied. A lot. Edwards forced him to lie time after time. Just wait the next few days. There are literally dozens of timebombs waiting in the transcript. The bottom line will be that people will remember Cheney was a liar.
Edwards gave a masterful performance last night. And it will continue to pay off as Cheney's lies are exposed, one by one.
I can't wait for Jon Stewart tonight.