[mountaineer]

I don't think it's just wishful thinking to say that Cheney eviscerated Johnny E. last night. Silky kept trying desperately to get in every slogan or talking point he had jotted on his cuff (e.g., they could have stood up for Americans but they stood up for drug companies, or whatever that nonsense was at the end of the debate), no matter how irrelevant to the question Ifill asked. I loved it when Big Time said that even after 3-1/2 years as president of the Senate, he'd never met Edwards until last night. It also made me laugh when, at the end, Edwards tried to hoist both kids (to show himself as young and vigorous, I suppose) and almost fell over.

In other news:

MARTHA Stewart will get her first taste of prison life with a humiliating strip search — including a nude squat-and-cough in front of a female guard, jailhouse sources said. All new inmates to the Alderson, W. Va., prison known as Camp Cupcake get the same exam, done by a guard wearing latex gloves. To prove they're not hiding contraband, the jailbirds must lift their breasts, crouch low with their legs spread and cough. "They also make you hold your arms out and look in your mouth and under your tongue," a recently released inmate told The Post's Brad Hamilton. Stewart must report to the prison by Friday to begin her five-month stint for lying about an insider stock sale. (Page Six)

Ewwww.

[mountaineer]

Poll at NY Daily News re who won the debate last night. Edwards way ahead - the libs are up early this morning!

[BigWaveBetty]

I don't think it's just wishful thinking to say that Cheney eviscerated Johnny E. last night.

Yea! I fell asleep at about 8:30 last night and missed everything! Guess I'll wander over to cspan and watch the video.