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To: JohnM who wrote (6891)9/6/2003 1:01:36 AM
From: LindyBill  Read Replies (1) of 793756
 
THE NOTE:

The Debate:

Stand by for every conceivable use of the word "unscathed" you could possibly imagine, all referring to Howard Dean's condition ex post facto.

Thin gruel from his opponents last night, but it illustrates that Dean is (naturally) the big target, and/but that the other campaigns know that they take a risk of backlash if the candidates themselves voice the attacks.

On trade, for instance, Dean was attacked in the debate and by insta-release as both too pro-free trade and too protectionist.

In the spin room, Dean appeared and seemed gratified and a bit relieved not to have been attacked too often.

We also think:

--Gephardt is the only one who could argue that he helped himself ? with his rousing "miserable failure" line.

--Lieberman is emerging as the race's aggressor at the same time as many Democrats continue to think he's unelectable because he's too grandfatherishly nice. (When was the last your grandfather accused you of portending economic ruin?)

--John Kerry had his (literal) voice. But by our eyes, Senator Kerry did not grace the spin room, although his rivals all did.

--That peppering your sentences with the occasional Spanish phrase strikes us somewhere between cloying and patronizing ? and funny, when the accents are obviously off.

Lieberman left the stage apparently wishing he'd had the time to say more harsh stuff about more of the candidates.

Reports the Globe's Johnson and Kornbut quoting a post-debate Lieberman: "'I thought that John Kerry's statement in his announcement address ? that he voted for the resolution just to threaten Saddam Hussein ? was unbelievable. It was clearly an authorization for President Bush to use force against Saddam,' Lieberman said. "'I don't get it. He's been criticizing Howard Dean for lacking experience to lead America in the world today. It's true. It's not the best time to put a rookie in charge of our country's future. It hasn't been a good time to have a cowboy in charge of our future, but we also don't need a waffler in charge of our country's future.'"

abcnews.go.com
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