Incidentally, when I saw it, it was in the October 8 debate. A friend of mine saw something out of place in the first debate. In other words, in both debates there were/are unanswered questions. Check out the news sites. Lots of stories about it- including in The Guardian.

The White House has been silent about it- "doesn't want to dignify it with a response"- but presidential aides say the president was NOT wearing a "protective garment." Some have suggested it was just a "wrinkle in his suit." Yeah. Right.

Weirder and weirder. The administration could say, I suppose, that with the bush's known difficulty expressing himself they were just leveling the playing field. However, two heads are better than one, they say; so if the bush was wired, John Kerry was debating a team, not just one person.