Due to work Wednesday, and snow chores Thursday, I missed the Des Moines Register debates. I have been trying to catch up a little, and I do a couple of thoughts.
- Huckabee’s “niceness” doesn’t translate as well into the printed word, and it does help ease the…conflict I’ve had when thinking about the guy. I’d still like to see someone with a “nice guy” / “not sleazy politician” image in the White House, but I’d also like to see something a little more than that. Huckabee didn’t convey “a little more” in the transcript. But I can still see how conservative voters might really like him, and I wouldn’t be terribly surprised to see him in a veep slot on the ballot.
- Keyes gets an invite, but not Kucinich or Gravel? That ain’t right. I can believe it complying with the guidelines set out by the register for getting an invite…but maybe those weren’t the best guidelines to set.
- For some strange reason…I’m left wondering what a debate moderated by Anne Robinson would be like. The concept appeals to my strange sense of humor.