Jody Seaborn of The Austin American Statesman, had a few thoughts from the Presidential Debate the other night on CNN. I tend to agree with most of his statements about the debate. Romney definitely had the edge during the debate. He seemed more confident, and clear of mind and presence. Even Bill Maher, a highly left wing tv show host said, via his twitter, “i can't believe i'm saying this, but Obama looks like he DOES need a teleprompter.” And also, “Obama made a lot of great points tonight. Unfortunately, most of them were for Romney.”

     Seaborn did mention that Ronald Reagan did very poorly in his first debate against Walter Mondale in 1980, and that George W did poorly in his first debate against John Kerry in 2004, and that neither Kerry nor Mondale claimed the presidency. But, nonetheless, it is to be noted that President Obama did seem quite sloppy in his presentation against the governor of Massachusetts.

     In other news, pertaining to the debate, Mitt Romney’s mention of the “firing of Big Bird” made major headlines. Romney, speaking to moderator Jim Lehrer, said, “I’m sorry Jim, I’m gonna stop the subsidy to PBS…..I like PBS. I love Big Bird. I actually like you, too. But I’m not gonna keep on spending money on things to borrow money from China to pay for it.” So, Big Bird had some un-anticipated air-time the next day. I do think this was a good strategy from Romney,  giving analogy to the very well-known character from the kid’s show “Sesame Street” when talking about his cutting of PBS from the budget. Well done, Mitt.

Why some folks think re-districting of county lines went poorly this election seas.

   Robert Garrett, of The Dallas Morning news, wrote earlier this evening about why Robert Draper thinks re-mapping, and re-districting, can, and did go terribly wrong in the state of Texas this election season.  Robert Draper, a Texan, wrote in The Atlantic magazine, “that the state GOP’s “mangled effort” to extract a net gain of four Republican U.S. House seats — and  to yield not a single new one to Hispanics and blacks who fueled Texas’ population growth — triggered an “entirely predictable consequence” that Hofeller and other Washington Republicans warned of.”

     This is a very liberal point of view of how re-districting went, although an interesting topic, nonetheless.