Kaine looks good. Great idea to have a governor, an executive, standing with that big red tie. And the first thing you hear from him is that he was once a missionary. God, God, God for the first few minutes. Then competence and "good management." Nice touch on Katrina response; even more effective on the Medicare mess. And finally, we have a real challenge on fiscal recklessness. Pity it took a Democrat. Nice line on "inaccurate information" about war intelligence. Much better than the "misled" line (which Begala is now repeating).The same blather on energy independence as the president. And then … God and service. All in all, I’d say it’s easily the best Democratic response I’ve seen since Bush took office. Of course, the standard was, well, two words: Nancy Pelosi. Bush: C+. Kaine B+. That’s my immediate gut response. I reserve the right to change my mind tomorrow.
Yours … from the CNN studio in D.C. I should be on air after 11 pm.
The Dish 