Middle America's Worldview

I didn’t get a chance to see/hear the opening statements, but realistically the opening and ending statements are prepared and practiced by both candidates.

I did get to see/hear the debate and I must say I thought both candidates did well in attempting to articulate where they were on their stand of each topic. However, without being biased this is what I captured from the debate. It seemed to me Kerry had a good knowledge of the topics, with the exception of some that was corrected by the President. It also appeared to me Kerry seemed to attack the Presidents past 3.5 years, which analyst expected. I thought the President had to both defend those attacks, in addition to clarify his current position and future outlook of the topics. Note both seemed to be pretty articulate, but Kerry did not articulate what he would do, other than more alliances. Realistically we have more alliances during this war, than any other war in history. So I didn’t quite understand what he meant about that. The other thing that was interesting was Kerry contradicted himself within the Debate in regards to if Saddam Hussein was/is a threat. Rudy Giuliani commented on this after the debate.

In conclusion, the question is do you want a candidate showing experience, with a dedicated known goal in mind, or a candidate that can only look in the past without a clear articulate plan that has changed consistently. My vote is George Bush on November 2nd.