ducks
10-06-2004, 10:39 AM
Its Dicks substance over style: UNDECIDEDS
By IAN BISHOP
NY Post
http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/29801.htm
October 6, 2004 -- ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Round Two went to the White House.
After President Bush lost his face-off with John Kerry last week, Vice President Cheney evened the debate tally during his tangle with John Edwards last night, with 20 Washington, D.C.- area swing voters scoring the bout 9-to-6 in the incumbent's favor. Five participants called it a draw.
Cheney connected with the voters when he spoke of education accountability and mocked Edward's newfound tough talk on defense.
The vice president also scored big when he blamed Edwards, a successful former trial lawyer, for driving up health-insurance costs.
The professionally run swing-voter focus group graded Cheney the man better prepared for the White House in an emergency.
"Everything [Edwards] said was about what John Kerry would do," said Erin Jonesdale, 30, noting she was concerned that Edwards didn't often speak about his own views.
But Edwards countered Cheney successfully with aggressive talk against North Korea, praise of U.S. troops, and expressing a commitment to track down Osama bin Laden, voters said.
With each person in GOP consultant Frank Luntz's focus group using a sophisticated joystick to record his/her opinion of the candidates during the 90-minute debate, participants actually gave Edwards the edge on the computer.
But they gave the victory to Cheney when asked afterward by Luntz to pick the winner.
"Edwards won on style, but Cheney won on substance," said Luntz. "There will be no shift after this debate. This freezes everything until Friday's presidential debate."
By IAN BISHOP
NY Post
http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/29801.htm
October 6, 2004 -- ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Round Two went to the White House.
After President Bush lost his face-off with John Kerry last week, Vice President Cheney evened the debate tally during his tangle with John Edwards last night, with 20 Washington, D.C.- area swing voters scoring the bout 9-to-6 in the incumbent's favor. Five participants called it a draw.
Cheney connected with the voters when he spoke of education accountability and mocked Edward's newfound tough talk on defense.
The vice president also scored big when he blamed Edwards, a successful former trial lawyer, for driving up health-insurance costs.
The professionally run swing-voter focus group graded Cheney the man better prepared for the White House in an emergency.
"Everything [Edwards] said was about what John Kerry would do," said Erin Jonesdale, 30, noting she was concerned that Edwards didn't often speak about his own views.
But Edwards countered Cheney successfully with aggressive talk against North Korea, praise of U.S. troops, and expressing a commitment to track down Osama bin Laden, voters said.
With each person in GOP consultant Frank Luntz's focus group using a sophisticated joystick to record his/her opinion of the candidates during the 90-minute debate, participants actually gave Edwards the edge on the computer.
But they gave the victory to Cheney when asked afterward by Luntz to pick the winner.
"Edwards won on style, but Cheney won on substance," said Luntz. "There will be no shift after this debate. This freezes everything until Friday's presidential debate."