I believe Kerry's tactic of bringing up Cheney's daughter will hurt him because it shows a bit of insensitivity.
I dunno Christian - what I read (transcript - not as good as listening unfortunately) would be the type of thing that would strike a very strong cord with gay people or those empathetic to equal rights in this area. Mind you - they're probably already all voting for Kerry.
I found all the faith stuff interesting - Kerry pushed the right buttons (for me - obviously not a conservative Christian) as a
politician.
Both of them scored a few points against each other - Bush probably hit a few more times but I think Kerry did a pretty good job at least getting some more of what he is about out, as well as "reinforcing" (I'm getting tired of the repetition) a few of Bush's shortcomings.
Mind you, Bush was doing the same (repetition).
So I reckon it was pretty even. They offer quite different philosophies on a lot of these issues, and a fair amount of "no you haven't", "yes I have" on their more common ground.
As an early prediction, this thread should now degenerate into the latter two points from me (repetition, and "now you haven't, yes I have".
