EDITORIAL VEEP SHOWDOWN.BEFORE the start of the presidential campaign debates, we asked for a serious engagement of the issues rather than just a made-for-TV style showdown. From the look of the debate between the vice presidential candidates on Tuesday Tuesday: see week. night, it seems that we've got it. Both Vice President Dick Cheney and Sen. John Edwards  This article or section contains information about one or more candidates in an upcoming or ongoing election.Content may change as the election approaches. clearly marked their political and philosophical turf turf: see lawn. turf In horticulture, the surface layer of soil with its matted, dense vegetation, usually grasses grown for ornamental or recreational use. during the lively and, at times, biting biting pertaining to the characteristic behavior of performing a bite. biting louse see species of the insect suborder mallophaga. biting midge insects of the family ceratopogonidae. debate. And both scored points sticking to their respective side's strong points. For Cheney, that meant focusing on the Iraq war Iraq War: see under Persian Gulf Wars. Iraq War or Second Persian Gulf War Brief conflict in 2003 between Iraq and a combined force of troops largely from the U.S. and Great Britain; and a subsequent U.S. and what the Bush administration has and will do - and what his opponents can't or won't. For Edwards it was noting the Bush administration's domestic failures over the past three years such as job losses and the health care crisis. The strong performance by both sets the bar higher for Bush and Kerry when they meet for their second debate on Friday in what will hopefully be a continuation of the trend. |
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