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    Couldn't agree more, Ann, on Joe Biden's manner and competence and show of feeling: the real deal all around, it seemed to me. (Well, except for the cosmetic dentistry. Just like you can so be too rich or too thin, you can also have chompers that are too blindingly white, as it turns out.) Gwen Ifill did a good job as well, didn't you think? She got out of the way, and asked questions that could not possibly be heard as gotchas. (Could they?) They were unfussy, most definitely not for show, and served their purpose perfectly. Though technically, most of them did not get answered, last night also confirmed my belief that in some ways, it matters less what you ask than how you ask it, since the only real question in these situations is: Who are you? And that one always gets answered in the end.

     

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