Because I think it means people have been paying attention for awhile.
I was gritting my teeth during the debate as I saw Kerry make these baseless attacks, and watched Bush fumble his responses. Personally, its OK for me that Bush isn't super-verbal. As a UI designer, I know that verbal people tend to be better on details, worse on the big picture. Clinton was great on details, but terrible on the big picture, which was why he was worse on terrorism then President Bush.
However, according to Gallup, Kerry may have won on style, but Bush definitely won on substance.
I think that shows that people have been paying more attention to this election then typically, and doing it earlier. The Opinionated Wife was unimpressed by Kerry. She thought President Bush didn't do very well, but she noted that Kerry really didn't have a plan for Iraq. I was worried that Kerry would sound like he had a plan, because after all, its Bush's plan, but she wasn't fooled, because she'd done some reading on her own.
So perhaps its a good thing that the electorate is fired up.
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