Runester

The moderator asked about the deep splits in every area of American life. Cheney only addressed the inter-partisan fighting and Edwards just blamed Bush / Cheney for everything and then starting talking about health care again.

Closing Statements

Edwards seem to be riding the “everything is getting worse” train. Clever! That is the consistent belief of most people, regardless of objective evidence to the contrary. It makes sense, though, since the election is about believing or disbelieving the current administrations work. So, Cheney sings the “everything is getting better” song, but that is a hard sell. People, consistantly and stuburnly, believe that the world is getting worse and that history (even just a decade or two, ago) was somehow better.

I guess, in the end, November 2nd is about who people believe. Or, at least … believe more.