The Race Is On

After I spent a whole week doing very little other than working and sleeping, Dangerguy treated me to a wonderful evening last night. He took me out to dinner at one of our favorite restaurants, got us a nice little romantic table hidden away from all the hubbub of the restaurant and we talked and talked and talked. After dinner, the presidential debate had just started, and we listened to the start of the debate on the radio on the drive home and finished watching it on television when we got here. And when it was over, we went online and checked all the polls to see what the rest of the country (at least those with Internet addictions) thought and then we talked some more. It was such a fun night that I hated to go to sleep.

On the subject of the debate, I thought that Kerry probably won the debate, but I found myself wishing that Kerry would seize upon some of the openings that Bush gave him in his answers (and non-answers). I think Kerry has a lot to work with, but he's just not coming on as strong as he could be. Edwards seemed to be much more articulate and much more at ease when he was debating Cheney earlier in the week. I was pleasantly surprised, however, that Kerry was able to speak so personably to the audience. His aristocratic air wasn't completely gone, but he related to the audience very well, much better than I expected him to. Bush scared me a little in the beginning with some reasonably well-thought out answers, but when he started talking about internets(?) and green eye shades, he was back to the old Bush that we all know and make fun of.

I am really looking forward to seeing the media spin over the next couple of days. After a couple of months of boring campaign tit-for-tat, the presidential race is starting to be fun again!