Tonight, in Miami, is the first of three presidential debates. Hours of practice, months of campaigning, and lots of overall prep have gone into tonight’s primetime showdown.
This won’t be a dry, hour-long commercial either. Expect some “heavy” verbal sparring from both of the candidates, considering each will attempt to be the more assertive and “in-control”.
Both must also walk the proverbial political tightrope. The danger for Mr. Kerry is being too “wordy”, appearing pompous, or otherwise acting like he’s on the high horse of challenging an incumbent president. He will also need to be as dynamic, articulate, and “nice-guy-like” as possible.
Mr. Bush, on the other hand, will have to not only sound intelligent and intelligible, but will need to balance an “I’m-smart-too” position with just the right amount of his trademark “likeability”, and all this while trying not to look like “too nice”. How hard could it be? I guess we’ll see tonight…
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