The first presidential debate yielded a Romney victory that people are apparently still talking about, but as Rachel Maddow pointed out, not a single soundbite for either candidate, except for the Big Bird moment. Chances are there will be soundbite moments Thursday, now that everybody realizes that theatrics sell in the twitterverse.
Free advice is usually worth what you pay for it, and Joe's getting plenty (some of it probably well-paid actually) but the temptation to dwell too much in the ghostly land between Ryan and Romney's positions on things might better be avoided, in favor of hammering on women's issues and Medicare.
More polls Wednesday, same basic results. The swing state polls show Obama still ahead but by smaller margins. The national polls are tilting Romney or tied. Everything seems awfully close to the margin of error. Is anybody else dreading that this comes down to the jobs report on the Friday before election weekend?
Elsewhere, after losing their home games the Bay teams evened their series' on the road. I'm not much of an Oakland fan (I retain a sentimental attachment to Jim Leyland the former Bucs skipper in Detroit) but the Giants are endlessly entertaining. Their bats finally came alive, but their starting pitching--their usual strongest point--continues to struggle. And then comes the starter who got left out of the rotation, to become the hero with five strong innings in relief, Tim Lincecum. So the way the story should go is that the Giants get what they haven't gotten for 4 games: a dominant starting pitcher, and despite recent rocky outings Matt Cain is a pretty good candidate.
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