I only caught parts of the debate tonight -- I forgot about it until I was in the gym, so I only saw bits of it.

A couple of basic reactions:

I want the moderators and the "town meeting" participants to be issued a taser or cattle prod for use whenever a candidate doesn't answer the question posed to him. "What are three mistakes you think you've made?" "We are at war -- ow!" I'm sure Kerry did the same thing, but Bush's is the one that I caught while I was running or lifting or getting dinner.

"It's not that simple." "It IS that simple." No, no, it's really NOT that simple. Very few things are. And you do us a diservice by pretending they are.

I'll be sure to actually watch the whole debate next time. Whoo-hoo! An excuse not to go to the gym on Wednesday night!