Vice President Dick Cheney and Senator John Edwards wasted no time in drawing their lines of attack during Tuesday night’s debate. Moments into the opening, Cheney linked the decision to invade Iraq to that country’s track record with terror. Edwards snapped back, accusing the Bush administration of not telling the truth to the American people.
Pre-debate predictions had marked the VP round to be a study in contrasts, and there was no disappointment there. The seasoned policy wonk — a man of few words and a pit bull’s taste for the kill — against the fresh-faced Edwards — playing the sincere trial lawyer pitching his case to the jury of American voters.
Guests:
Jonathan Last, Online Editor for The Weekly Standard
Curtis Wilkie, Professor of Journalism at University of Mississippi and author of “Dixie: A Personal Odyssey Through Events That Shaped the Modern South.”