A Longtime Ldotter. . .

. . .has just updated her blog TheAnchoress with some sound, thoughtful analysis of the debate:

"President Bush is not an attacker. He never has been. He campaigns the way he campaigns. One of the reasons he routinely confounds his opponents is because they do not think as he thinks, he does not operate as they do. They can project their own 'strategeries' (gosh, I like that word) on to him all they want and they will never succeed in understanding exactly how he will strike, because he doesn't strike. He plays cards, and he plays them very close to the vest."

But keep reading once you get there. It's very much worth it.