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Just my opinions and not a word about policy - just sort of debate and on camera sort of considerations.
Biden: I think he is easily the winner. The man comes across as sincere and he's real good about answering the question that is asked of him rather than going off on to something the he wants to talk about. He is well experienced, speaks well, always has facts at his fingertips, and looks good on camera.
Clinton: Hillary has a tendency to go off on her own tangents and not answer the question that is asked of her. She is not well experienced with little time in office and just one state-wide election under her belt. Her use of background fact from memory seems to be lacking when she is hit with surprise questions.
Chris Dodd: Bright, intelligent, well experienced, personable, a gentleman and a scholar, but he doesn't light a fire under anyone.
John Edwards: John Edwards suffers from the same problem Wesley Clark had and has. He's a one-trick-pony. Every question he is asked gets an answer that has the same theme - we are a divided America, two societies as distinct as red and black ants. He is a hansom man and he speaks well when he has control of the subject. Unfortunately he stumbles when things move out of his home territory.
Mike Gavel: People will not take him seriously.
Dennis Kucinich: I do not know why Dennis Kucinich suffers in the polls as he does. Maybe its his voice, maybe its his didactic presentation, maybe its his height. Whatever the reason people do not take him seriously even though any thoughtful person who listens to his positions and reasoning behind them can not come away with anything less than respect for the man. That said he's still a loser on camera and would get clobbered in the debates by comparative idiots from the Right.
Barrak Obama: See "Clinton" above and mix in a little bit of the Edwards one-trick-pony problem and you have Senator Obama.
Bill Richardson: Bill Richardson does not show well on camera. He has a tremendous experience base but he stumbles when asked questions outside of that base.
Danny Francis: I don't know anything about him other than he has registered with the Federal Election folks as a candidate.
Karl Krueger: Same as Danny Francis
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