[I don’t think I’m very good at this; feels like ‘taking minutes’ at a meeting, which I always hated.] Affirmative Action.  Kerry is taking a strong stance here, we have not come far enough.  Bush says we ought to have "an aggressive effort" to be sure people are educated.  Talks about small business support.  The… Continue reading

Kerry on minimum wage — and women’s wages.  Very strong statement on supporting minimum wage. Bush switches back to education. This seems to be his pattern this evening on jobs issues — quickly turn it to an education issue.  "No child left behind."  He looks proud of himself. Schieffer asks, "Would you like to overturn… Continue reading

[modem went down again — I’m recording the debate, so went to start it again — hope I haven’t missed too much] Health care.  Bush wants to allow young people to take money out of social security and put it into private accounts.  Kerry counters with funding gap, deficits, pay-as-you-go.  Boasts about "breaking with my… Continue reading

The President is being civilized this evening.  Polite, restrained, and coherent.  So far nothing new — seems a repeat of content from the previous debates. Bush says education is how you help people who have lost their jobs, which sounds good — but aren’t most of the ‘new’ jobs in the service industry, which doesn’t… Continue reading

I got the modem hooked up just in time.  Ok, I have no business doing this, but here I go anyway. Oh dear, Senator Kerry looks a little orange.  President Bush again claims that 3/4 of Al Queda leaders have been "brought to justice."  I think factcheck.org said last time that this is not true. Continue reading