Tomorrow I’m going to Pennsylvania
I’m taking a bus along with some other members of the NYU Law Dems. We’re going to drive to the Kerry campaign HQ in Philadelphia, and get sent out to a suburb therein.
I’m really looking forward an opportunity to spend some close-quarters time with past and future politicos of NYU. One woman in my section is a former Daschle aid, and she’s awesome, but I’d like to meet more. There’re more. Another former Senate staffer’s in the group, so that’s cool.
I want to hear more first hand what lawyers get to do on the Hill. I’ve pretty much decided that’ll be my first job upon graduation, but I’m not of the opinion that my current opinions will necessarily carry much weight when my future self is picking between opportunities.
And I thought Kerry lost the debate. Apparently I was wrong, which is fine by me. If and when real public polls are released, I’ll be curious to see their results. I just have very low expectations for Bush, and he seemed to be relatively in control. He talked clearly and slowly. Kerry on the other hand stayed on message with his hairsplitting Iraq policy and needling lawyer-speak.
But I’m probably not a good judge of the Kerry. I want him to be different, and he isn’t, and I’ve seen him speak before, in person and for prolonged periods on television, so I knew what to expect. I had hoped he’d break out and do something different, but he didn’t. But Kerry’s not a bad speaker. Not at all. He’s confidant and direct, and most people who see him in person think he is in fact more charismatic than the media gave him credit. So perhaps the response from all of the media folks over the last day is simply a consequence of their lowered expectations. They saw Kerry do what he does, and it’s not that bad really. It doesn’t make you jump out of your seat, but it’s not the automatic corpse we’re told to expect.
Of course, I rarely watch Bush on the T.V., because he often frustrates me, so perhaps I’m not a good judge of him either. Maybe he was just being vintage Bush, the guy he’s always been. And because he wasn’t drooling on himself or wearing a BBQ sauce-splattered napkin around his neck, I found myself impressed.
And Bush said “vociferous!” The 30 or so law students I watched the debate with collectively gasped and responded with shouts of “Where’d this guy come from?” and “ Who taught him that?!”
Bravo Mr. President. Bravo. But I’m pretty sure my mind wasn’t changed. I’ll be really interested to see who’s was.
I’m really looking forward an opportunity to spend some close-quarters time with past and future politicos of NYU. One woman in my section is a former Daschle aid, and she’s awesome, but I’d like to meet more. There’re more. Another former Senate staffer’s in the group, so that’s cool.
I want to hear more first hand what lawyers get to do on the Hill. I’ve pretty much decided that’ll be my first job upon graduation, but I’m not of the opinion that my current opinions will necessarily carry much weight when my future self is picking between opportunities.
And I thought Kerry lost the debate. Apparently I was wrong, which is fine by me. If and when real public polls are released, I’ll be curious to see their results. I just have very low expectations for Bush, and he seemed to be relatively in control. He talked clearly and slowly. Kerry on the other hand stayed on message with his hairsplitting Iraq policy and needling lawyer-speak.
But I’m probably not a good judge of the Kerry. I want him to be different, and he isn’t, and I’ve seen him speak before, in person and for prolonged periods on television, so I knew what to expect. I had hoped he’d break out and do something different, but he didn’t. But Kerry’s not a bad speaker. Not at all. He’s confidant and direct, and most people who see him in person think he is in fact more charismatic than the media gave him credit. So perhaps the response from all of the media folks over the last day is simply a consequence of their lowered expectations. They saw Kerry do what he does, and it’s not that bad really. It doesn’t make you jump out of your seat, but it’s not the automatic corpse we’re told to expect.
Of course, I rarely watch Bush on the T.V., because he often frustrates me, so perhaps I’m not a good judge of him either. Maybe he was just being vintage Bush, the guy he’s always been. And because he wasn’t drooling on himself or wearing a BBQ sauce-splattered napkin around his neck, I found myself impressed.
And Bush said “vociferous!” The 30 or so law students I watched the debate with collectively gasped and responded with shouts of “Where’d this guy come from?” and “ Who taught him that?!”
Bravo Mr. President. Bravo. But I’m pretty sure my mind wasn’t changed. I’ll be really interested to see who’s was.
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Friday, October 01, 2004
