"I would hope that he has better speech writers that could have come up with a snappier comment. It seemed off the cuff to me."

Did you watch the debates? I saw all three and he prepared for months for those. He didn't do any better than that. That was him in all his frat boy cheerleader glory. Of course it seemed off the cuff. It was supposed to seem off the cuff it was supposed to be "Bush showing that he could hande criticism" He was ready for criticism. Loaded for Bear. He let nonsupporters in to his meeting to ask questions and make comments FOR THE FIRST TIME and he chose to handle that forseeable criticism by MOCKING the critic. I'm sorry, I don't see how he handled it well. Well, maybe he handled it well for him. But if you hold him up to the standards requird by his job. he handled it pretty badly.