Don’t know what to think about something until somebody tells you? Well, then, you’ll want to read all of the Gube debate post-mortems, listed here in no particular order, and subject to updating…
- Desert Beacon notes Gibbons’ use of the Repubic playbook.
- RGJ discovered that some college students are confused.
- CFG-RJ seemed disappointed.
- Commentators to a Nevada Appeal story were not impressed by Gibguy.
- AP does the AP thing.
- Gleaner on salary noted, again, the Gibbons’ propensity for mindless jingoism.
- Gleaner off salary finds Gibbons to be a fragile, tormented soul.
- Keeping Tahoe Blau liked Titus’ specificity. Gibbons "education first"? Not so much.
- The Beers’ Lookalike doesn’t think Gibbons’ scaremongering over taxes will work out as well as the Gibster hopes.
- Nevada Democrats slice and dice the G-man.
- No Gibbonses lists the main points for supporting each candidate. Or not.
- Hagar thought Titus won on the specifics.
- Damon thinks Titus won on command of details and that Gibbons won the expectation game–by managing to keep his mouth flapping.
- Dullard Mush figures that Gibbons didn’t hurt himself much from the debate, despite his bumblings, because he got out what passes for his positions, but that Titus didn’t live up to expectations.
- CobbGobbler thought Gibbons won because he, Gibbons, didn’t do anything too stupid. CG likes Titus proposal for a longer legislative session.
- UpNorth thought Gibbons’ best moment was when he said he was born in Nevada.
- UpNorth also added a post about how 145% growth in state spending isn’t really all that much.
- Susan from Random Thoughts found the RGJ’s coverage to be biased.
- Over at Nye they don’t want Gibbons to save them any more money cuz they can’t afford it.
- Myrna goes over the results of her poll on the debate and fears that Gibbons won on the visceral appeal-to-the-stupid-part-of-the-brain level.
- Myrna thinks I’m cute, in a Stanley Kowalski way. Yeah, it’s off topic. Tough.
- Oh, and some ranter picked on Reagan. How off topic can you get?
Dead tree late-comers:
- Ralston says Ralston-like things and thought Gibbons’ "e" is for "expensive" remark was the high point of the evening.
- Sun points out the stretchers from the debate and paradoxically decides that the Gibster is effective at being uninfluential. Or something like that. And you learn more than you want to about that stupid power-ranking website, and that inside the Beltway types pay as much attention to it as you do. And look who puts the "e" in "expensive":
Gibbons led the fight for a state constitutional amendment requiring a two-thirds majority to pass any tax increase.
However, Gibbons has
been a member of Congress during a period of flowing red ink. After a
period of balanced budgets and surpluses at the end of the Clinton
administration, federal deficits have soared in recent years.Gibbons has been part
of the Republican majorities that have approved large spending
increases, big tax cuts – many directed at the wealthy – and lots of
new borrowing.According to
Americans for Tax Reform, federal spending has increased 7.2 percent
per year since 2000, which is well above historical levels. The 2005
deficit was $318 billion.Gibbons has not been
immune from criticism on this score. Citizens Against Government Waste
named him its December 2003 "Porker of the Month" for $225,000 he
brought home to fix a Sparks public swimming pool.
- Oh yeah. The Sun also turned the debate into a cartoon.
- Gibbons wins by not throwing-up.
- Student Newspapers: UNLV’s Rebel Yell and UNR’s Nevada Sagebrush. Or is it the other way around? UNR’s conservative paper the Pack Patrol apparently didn’t cover the debate, but they do have an interesting piece on Beer Pong.
Even deader-tree later comers:
- Just skip Morrison’s post-mortem.
- Neff thinks people who are thinking of voting for Gibbons are rubes. Me too.
- Molly Ball wins with the longest post-mortem.
- Coolican wonders about our lowered expectations.
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