oh, a debate. about issues

gravitas vs. a petulant child in a kevlar vest: that was an interesting exchange last night. both did reasonably well and made thos who liked them already happy. as always, i'm still not sure about those undecided people, so i don't have much to say about who won. the times had a little summary of the debate, linked above, and all i'll do is end with kerry's assessment of bush. in the end, it's really this simple.

"It is too soon to know whether Mr. Kerry, trailing in pre-debate polls, accomplished what Mr. Bush did four years ago when he came out of his first debate against Al Gore stronger than when he went in (or what Ronald Reagan did when he leapfrogged ahead of Jimmy Carter). But he is hoping that voters will agree with his own succinct assessment of Mr. Bush last night: 'It's one thing to be certain, but you can be certain and be wrong.' "

amen.