Saw the last half of the CT Seante debate tonight.
10 pm. Tuned my 8" bw Philco to Comedy Central.
Damn! TDS is a rerun again. Don't these guys ever work? Stewart must spend half his time getting baked with Aaron Sorkin.
10:05. Woke the dog and took 'him' for a walk.
10:30 Fortuitously remembered that C-SPAN was showing the latest Conecticutt Senate debate. Opened a bottle of Aussie Shiraz, sliced some cheese and tuned in.
Impressions; Best performance by a CT Senate candidate goes to Alan Schlesinger. In the half hour I saw, he was definitely the most comfortable of the three. Funny and substantive. Smart enough to not get too close to Bush and walked a fine line on Iraq and terror. If he were running for the right congressional seat somewhere in New England or the Great Lakes, he might have a shot.
But he's not. In the CT Senate race he comes in third. But how far behind the two front runners? The answer will decide the election.
Lamont got the biggest cheers from the audience. He is still a little awkward, but makes up for it with intensity and sincerity. He knows the issues and knows where he stands, which means evereybody else does too.
Lieberman is just a fucking politician, and I don't mean that in a nice way. He clearly panders whenever he has the chance. The crowd wasn't buying it though, and he earned himself some boos.
And what a crybaby. His closing statement was interrupted by hecklers. Stephanopolous made sure he got his full time rather than losing it to the interruption, but still Lieberman whined, "That wasn't fair." George Steph assured him he got all the time he deserved.
I don't know if this debate by itself will move the polls at all, though I suspect Schlesinger will get a boost. As for the main event, I want very much for Lamont to win, so I want to say he was helped by the debate, but I don't know. I can say at least that he wasn't hurt, and Lieberman was.