It’s a bit too easy to focus on Bush at the Debate– what with “Anybody But Bush” sentiment sweeping the nation and all that. So what struck me about Kerry? Well, it looks to me like my post “Drew Bledsoe” is pretty well moot.

Bob Shrum lives!

I could dig into the transcript of the debate and focus attention on the particular moments where I thought “Bob Shrum”. It’s not so much actual content, as I think the actual themes worked on by … say… a Paul Begala is probably fairly similar to Bob Shrum’s palette. But it’s this sort of sensibility, with a weird sort of vaccuousness to it.

It stood out like a sore thumb in a clip I heard at a rally with John Edwards after the vice-presidential debate. “Did I fight enough for you?”

Because… you know… all of Bob Shrum’s clients are Fighting for YOU!, or fighting for (name of state)’s Farmers (or name of blue collar profession that is indigenous to district or state.)

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