Yet Even More on ReCAL

Carl Luna of the San Diego Union-Tribune has his own Recall blog, SignOnSanDiego.com >and provides his own commentary on the debate last night. His basic assessment dovetails well with mine, epsecially on McC:

my bet is the evening didn’t swing any votes to McClintock, which will probably prove fatal to his delectability, if not his candidacy

And this seems to be the emerging consensus:

Arnold didn’t choke. He didn’t particularly shine, for sure – his answers were a bit vague, his punch lines a bit prepared – but, on the whole, he looked competent, which seemed to be the minimal bar he had to clear.

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I stand by my original bet that, since he proved he can chew gum and walk at the same time, he’s going to see a five point bounce in the polls by the weekend and comes out of this the front runner.