I didn't catch the entire vice-Presidential debate. I could have, but I got bored. As my roommate said, it was basically one guy talking trash about the other guy, and the other guy saying, "Well if you thinks that's bad, just wait till you hear what this guy did." And the plans.... So vague! At one point Edwards said they had a plan for Iraq, and they were going to speed up troop training (ummm... wouldn't that lead to troops not being as well trained as they should be?), stabilize things, and I forget what else. He certainly never said how they were going to do any of this. It was tantamount to him saying their plan is that they are, "...going to win the war." Great. It seemed like a list of objectives that a 6th grade project group would come up with in a brainstorming session. You, let's raise money. Good idea. Then we'll shorten the school day. Great ideas, but how?

In the short time I did watch, Cheney seemed very confident, and very knowledgeable. Edwards seemed very slick, exactly what you would expect from a trial lawyer who won cases using junk science. In the end this debate will probably matter less than the first Presidential debate.