One more thing...

We were simultaneously chatting during the debate last night, DeDurkheim and I. I must say that the transcript probably isn't as good as the first debate because there was a LOT less material. Captain Smirk was in full-bore in the first debate amongst the top of the ticket and that gives good material.

There are only so many jokes one can make about dour people, even evil dour people.

But one thing that both DeDurkheim and I agree upon was that Gwen Ifill was awful, just awful.

DeDurkheim earlier stated accurately:

One word to the committee on presidential debates, do not ever hire Gwen Ifill again. She avoids questions on health care, medicare, and the economy, because she wanted to talk about feelings? WTF?

And Digby sums up our feelings too:

The biggest loser was Gwen Ifil. What an unmitigated disaster. But then, that's no surprise. She has single handedly turned the previously great Washington Week In Review into DiGrassi Junior High, so I wasn't particularly optimistic that she could moderate a debate. And she was probably up late last night talking to Condi, her best friend, about Condi's unrequited love affair with you know who, so she was probably exhausted.