Wow.  Um.  That’s some impressive opening statement in the debate against Lieberman tonight.  The first half of which was made while looking at the wrong camera entirely.

I can’t stand Joe.  Rooting for Ned.  But yeesh. 

Not gonna live-blog.  Just saying.  But in the first five minutes, it was all Joe.

Getting better, though.  Too bad Lieberman never speaks this forcefully and decisively to Republicans…

Update: nearing the end of the debate… Lamont got way better.  Lieberman often was victimized by his own knowledge of procedural minutiae, getting into details that weren’t nearly as compelling as Lamont looking straight into the camera saying simple things.  I almost felt bad for the old Bush-kissing guy.

That said, I’ve always hated how slogans and eye contact always win these things, even when they’re working for the candidate I prefer.  And some of Lamont’s slides (like on whether he would release his tax returns just now) and attacks (like linking Lieberman to Bush at every opportunity) were as transparently dodgy as they were well-done.