Wednesday, October 06, 2004
What They're Saying: Vice Presidential Debate, Volume Four
USA Today: "Edwards Repeatedly Was Forced To Defend The Democratic Nominee, Reducing His Opportunities To Criticize President Bush." ("Deep Divisions Characterize VP Debate," USA Today, 10/6/04)
The Washington Post: "Last Night Mr. Edwards Persisted In Some Lines Of Criticism That We Consider To Be Unsupported Demagoguery, In Particular Hints Of Misconduct Swirling Around Mr. Cheney And Halliburton Co." (Editorial, "Cheney Vs. Edwards," The Washington Post, 10/6/04)
Los Angeles Times: "Edwards Was Unpersuasive That His Ticket Offered A Significantly Different Approach For Ensuring A Successful Endgame" In Iraq. (Editorial, "Edwards Woos Another Jury," Los Angeles Times, 10/6/04)
Former Clinton Aide Dick Morris: John Edwards "Looked Like The Proverbial Deer In The Headlights." "Confronted with Dick Cheney's obvious competence, incisive parries to his charges and devastating rebuttal of his phony statistics, Edwards looked like the proverbial deer in the headlights. … John Edwards made it look like the Democratic ticket was out classed and out gunned." (Dick Morris, "Deer In The Headlights," The New York Post, 10/6/04)
The Washington Post: Vice President Cheney "Was Right To Chide The Kerry-Edwards Team For Appearing Insufficiently Appreciative Of The Allies And Iraqis Who Have Fought Alongside U.S. Troops." (Editorial, "Cheney Vs. Edwards," The Washington Post, 10/6/04)
Los Angeles Times' Ron Brownstein: Vice President Cheney "Quickly Settled Into A Presentation That Was Confident And Forceful." (Ron Brownstein, "An Effort To Shift The Focus To The Other Guy," Los Angeles Times, 10/6/04)
The Boston Globe's Peter Canellos: "Edwards, At Times, Failed To Answer The Questions As Directed To Him." (Peter S. Canellos, "Unleashed Bitterness Marks VP Face-Off," The Boston Globe, 10/6/04)
Los Angeles Times' Paul Brownfield: "Cheney Repeatedly Upbraided Edwards For What, In His Mind, Amounted To Flabby Thinking." (Paul Brownfield, Op-Ed, "Cheney Had Wonkiness Nailed," Los Angeles Times, 10/6/04)
New York Post Columnist John Podhoretz: "But In The End, It Was Cheney's Night Pretty Decisively. He Banged On Edwards Like A Drum, And While The North Carolina Senator Tried To Give As Good As He Was Getting, He Never Really Blunted The Vice President's Relentless March Forward." (John Podhoretz, "The Veep Debate: Cheney Rocks," The New York Post, 10/6/04)
Dartmouth College Political Science Professor Linda Fowler Said "Cheney Continued To Drive Home The Administration's Case That Kerry Is Not Fit To Be President." (Yvonne Abraham, "Some Hard Punches, But No Knockout Blows," The Boston Globe, 10/6/04)
SUNY Political Science Professor Bruce Altschuler Said Vice President Cheney "Seemed Somewhat More In Command Of The Facts, And To Be Able To Provide Specifics." (Yvonne Abraham, "Some Hard Punches, But No Knockout Blows," The Boston Globe, 10/6/04) |
