Final tally after the debate and the fish fry:
Hillary Clinton: One handshake, one autograph, no conversation, no picture
Barack Obama: One handshake with Obama's wife, no handshake with Obama himself, one refused autograph, one refused business card, no conversation, no picture
John Edwards: He did not show up at the post-debate rally. And although he was at the fish fry, I was unable to meet him.
Bill Richardson: One handshake, one accepted business card, one conversation, one autograph, one picture
Joe Biden: Two handshakes, one picture, no autograph, two conversations, one accepted business card, one funny compliment for my wife
Chris Dodd: He did not show up at the post-debate rally. And although he was at the fish fry, I was unable to meet him.
Dennis Kucinich: One handshake, one autograph, one picture, one long conversation, one accepted business card
Mike Gravel: He did not show up at the post-debate rally and did not attend the fish fry.
If I had to choose one word or phrase to describe the candidates based on my impressions of them over the past two days, this is what I'd say:
Clinton: Disciplined. "I am a machine. You cannot beat me, and I will not beat myself."
Obama: Hollow. "Who am I? I am you! Except when I'm not."
Edwards: Sniper. "Let Clinton and Obama bloody each other up. When they finish, take a good look at who's still standing."
Richardson: Executive. "Forget this American Idol BS. Look, I've gone to Darfur and North Korea. These other people haven't. End of story. Wake up, people!"
Dodd: Invisible. "I have many good ideas and am pleading with you to listen. Hello? Are you listening? Hello?"
Biden: Loose. "Play hard, work harder."
Kucinich: Sincere. "You are all my equals."
Gravel: Yikes. "Here! Catch the grenade!"
4/28/2007
Post-debate, post-fish fry: Final Statistics
Posted by Anthony Palmer at 18:31
Tags: barack obama, bill richardson, chris dodd, democrats, dennis kucinich, hillary clinton, joe biden, john edwards, mike gravel
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Mr. Palmer, when you say Post Debate and "Post-Fish Fry" are you saying there was something after the fish fry on Thursday night. I know for a fact Edwards and Dodd were at the fish fry itself. I got to shake hands with both of them there. I saw Edwards, Obama and Clinton speak on stage. Dodd was on stage as well and may have spoken, but I was not there in time to see if that was the case or not.
Mr. Palmer, I just read you much longer post about the fish fry and now catch what you were saying (not that they were literally "not there" at the fish fry or post fish fry). In fairness to your observations I shook hands with Edwards right after he left stage, so he may well have b-lined out of there after that, I don't know. Chris Dodd on the other hand was about fifteen minutes after speech, he had exited to the right of the stage and was shaking hands and greeting people to the right of the stage just after you exited the roof covering of the garage. I don't know how long he stayed there after I saw him, but he was meeting and greeting people.
Thanks for the comment. I'll amend my post then since you are credible. I don't want to make it sound like Edwards and Dodd were inaccessible if that was not the case. Thanks again.
Oustanding stuff.
I'm printing this out to compare and contrast when things get real interesting a year from now.
When are you running for political office, so I can sign up? :)
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