  Gore : He's still obviously bitter; his 2000 jokes seem to come through gritted teeth, and his serious comments have real bite.
He's warming up a bit, without coming across as obvious and phony. His rhetorical questions are good, but they could be more concise. Otherwise, he's still a bit stiff, and there's not much that helps Kerry with undecideds. Kerry's 'word is (his) bond' ... whatup, yo. Carter : He seems tired, but he did stick to his points about international action. The theme of strength definitely emerging. Rev. Alston : Kerry as a black Southern preacher. Drinking game participants passed out by now.
Hillary : Still a touch too formal, and more than a touch too shrill. Kerry is 'strong'; Kerry is a 'warrior'. Bill : As FNC said, he made the case for Kerry better than Kerry ever has. His mentioning the ICC was disingenuous at best, but his rhetoric was as effective as ever. Only he could cast himself as a millionaire and use it to his advantage. This was a reminder of by how much he leaves other pols eating his dust, performance-wise.
His approach to attacking Bush was best--Bush is patriotic and doing what he thinks is right, and yet he's wrong. That strikes me as the right touch, and what a lot of undecideds and urlLink approval gap voters think. And then he whipped the crowd up with his new slogan for the Kerry campaign: Kerry volunteered. Send him. Can't we just send Clinton, again? 
