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Perhaps Bush’s best strategy for the final debates is to become much more aggressive, pressing Kerry' hard on his liberal positions and alleged flipflops. Similarly, Bush's best hope—though the odds are against it—is for a Kerry gaffe. <And the senator can certainly make them: “I actually voted for the $87 billion before I voted against it") One thing’s for sure: President Bush had better come into his remaining encounters determined to do much better than he did last Thursday if he plans to have another four years in the White House. The Bush campaign, according to some reports, had been suffering from smug overconfidence. Well, there's one ailment that’s been cured How did history do?
Several weeks ago, we outlined six lessons that history' taught about presidential debates. Let s briefly review them and see how many applied to the Sept. 30 debate. 'This is John Kerry's greatest opportunity, as it is for every' challenger to a presidential incumbent. Sure enough, this w'as Kerry's shining moment, and it may or may not change the outcome. But everyone will remember Kerry’s victory in the first debate, and he may well have passed that critical presidential threshold then.
There are no teleprompters, so there will be unscripted surprises, and these moments are often the ones remembered by the voters and history. The moderator, Jim Lehrer, asked no surprising questions, and there were no memorable oneliners. Already, viewers have a hard time remembering any specific phrase or sentence
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