Heard an interview on hippie-liberal-hemp-in-your-Birkenstocks NPR this evening with James Fallows of the Atlantic that contained his analysis of Bush and Kerry's debating styles.
It was quite good. I recommend you listen to it
here.
In sum, Fallows' observations were that (1) Bush is a better debater than his press conferences suggest, because (based on a review of his Guv debates plus the 2000 debates with Gore) he takes the time to prepare, and he is very on-message in sticking to the 3 or 4 points he wants to make, and anticipates making the connection between the questions and his message.
Kerry is also a better debater than his speeches suggest, because he acts more like a prosecutor than a Senator during debates, and he reveals a different personality during them (which is more interesting and compelling than the drone he gives us on the stump).
All in all, it sounds like the debates should be interesting ones.
