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So it’s been a crazy week for presidential politics. McCain continues his dysfunctional campaign and Congress continues to work on a bailout. I’ve been away from the internet for the past week, but have had access to cable. So I watched the cable news shows and discovered that their explicit editorializing was a nice change of pace. (To contrast, last night I watched the presidential debate at home, limited to the major networks, and all I got were platitudes of how both candidates performed “well.”)

I won’t bother to retroactively post responses to events like Palin’s third disastrous interview or McCain’s farcical “suspension” of his campaign. Anyone unaware of the news still won’t be interested, and anyone keeping track is already informed.

Let’s go back to staring at the polls. We should see the first debate changing things in these coming days. And then it’s the VP debate(!)

Jan. 5th NH Debate

I watched the two debates tonight on ABC. Was pleasantly surprised for the most part. Ron Paul provided a bit of sanity during the “national security” part of the Republican debate, contrasting with all the talk of “islamofascists” and “giving Bush kudos” for his foreign policy. (Seriously, w-t-f.)

I’ve been surprised with Huckabee though. For such a silly name and background as Baptist minister, he comes across as remarkably levelheaded. I don’t agree with many of his politics, but he’s not as abrasive as the others and could really get some bipartisan work done. I would love to see Huckabee win the nomination, especially considering the competition. McCain, Romney, Guiliani. These guys make me retch for so many reasons.

It was interesting to see how much the Democratic debate differed. The way they chose who participated was obviously flawed with the inclusion of Bill Richardson but none of the other candidates polling single digits. Nobody really shined among the Democrats. Obama seemed steady, Hillary had a few moments.

I think whoever wins among the frontrunners will be a better candidate and less painful to vote for than anyone in the past two presidential election cycles. And that’s always a good thing.