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I have to admit, I fell asleep towards the start of the Democrat debate. Each of them talked about how tough they would be towards terrorists, and I know better. I wondered how many people would believe that crap as I was falling asleep.

But you are right. Gibson did well and our side provided better analysis and insight into what our candidates believe.

May be they saw yesterday's debate. Rs were more knowledged than Ds. Gibson clearly called dems bluff.

Anyone who watched both debates should have noticed a stark contrast between the two.

Generally, the Pubbies had more depth of knowledge and were able to talk without sounding scripted.

The noteable exceptions were Huckabee and McCain. Both tried one-liners as deflectors. McCain tried to criticize Romney by making a one-liner about Romney and change. McCain chuckled louder than anyone in the audience. It fell flat. Huckabee tried one-liners and then fumbled around to fill up air time. His responses seemed disconnected and incoherent, rather than being straightforward responses. Huckabee also tried a few one-liner criticisms that fell flat and made him appear petty and shallow.

The Dem discussion opened and immediately revealed that the participants knew their talking points, but had little capability of actually discussing those points. Edwards seemed the most capable of expressing himself beyond talking points. Obama improved some as the evening progressed. Clinton began her very first response with a slow, dragged out, pondering, response that was peppered with uhs after nearly every word. She had a difficult time getting beyond the talking points content into any real substance. The only topic she seemed to be able to articulate with easy was health care.

The Dems showed that they lacked substance. They could talk around issues and exchange barbs, but their responses lacked substance and revealed their shallow understanding of world events.

It is doubtful that many Pubbies watched the Dem portions, or vice versa. After all, the NFL playoffs were on. But, if any Independents watched both, they should have noticed the stark contrast: the Pubbies had a much greater depth of knowledge than the Dems and they were better able to explain them without appearing to be trying to remember the order of the talking point (a.k.a., sounding scripted).