9.40 pm. "Right on Day One." Bulls-eye. He's pulling ahead, it seems to me.
No, that was a tip to the short stop.
Better, a line drive (short-and-sweet): "Now, we know that, when we run against the Republicans, this issue is going to come up - maybe again and again. You just heard Hillary talk for 4 minutes. Are you convinced? I can give my response to the Republicans in one sentence, "I was against it, and for the right reasons.".
9:50 The Big Finish
Barack seemingly wins the exchange, putting up a refreshingly authentic and wholly convincing testimony that he is in it for others, which layers in nicely with his far-reaching vision about how to restore trust/accountability (and action) in government.
Clinton comes back with a strong finish, projecting image of a Party Statesman and leader, declaring that "We will all be united" so a Democrat can win.
Hillary's open-dialog plug is extremely important.
She is trying very hard to use her 'menu-list' approach to counter his powerful inspirational approach. Just as AS is thrilled when Obama mentions gay people, others are 'touched' when someone talks about their issue, takes their question and shows some knowledge of it.
Round-up
I'm sick of them both now (at least until tomorrow). I have a growing appreciation that Obama is a true people person, not a political-people-person. Clinton is too, in her way that relates to a far, far more complex inner dialog with herself and her role.
The case for Clinton is that you vote once and forget about it. If you vote for Obama, you have to monitor the situation and you might even have to get involved, interested, and invested - horrors!
