thoughts? people trying to figure out right out of the gate if christine o donnell would do well? well, she had a lot of swinging. she came out swinging at chris coons, and i think he was, in return, what was interesting to me was he was a bit dismissive of her at times. and i kept wondering whether he didn t sort of edge right up to the line in being tool dismissive and could alienate some women voters by doing that. it was very clear he didn t want to go back and attack her on the personal issue, the so-called witch controversy and all of that. but when he did attack her on substance, it was as if he thought the voters here shouldn t take her that seriously. it was a sentiment that was noted last night when we were watching the debate with many delaware locals. some said they thought she was a little bit insulting, but he was as well. so that was interesting but one
live. i m dying to see who s going to play me. so, in that moment, they were both sort of making light right. of the jokes. that was probably one of the only light moments. it was. you know, it s interesting because he was trying to make another point which is i m not going to go there on these terrible issues of is she a witch, is she not a witch. what does she believe about evolution. those are comedy shows. we ve got serious things we ve got to talk about. then she made a joke. so it was very clear that she was prepared to kind of be self-deprecating, if you will, about the saturday night live skit and all of that. and that works. but, you know, there weren t a lot of people in there really laughing. no, there were not. and there s still say lot of undecided voters in the state. whether or not they re turned in their opinion about what they saw, last night, remains to be seen. gloria, thanks. we ll check in in the last hour.
good morning on this thursday october the 14th. thank you for joining us. i m john roberts in new york. good morning, kiran. hey there, john. i kiran chetry in delaware. the site of the big debate last night between christine o donnell and chris coons. we have a lot to talk about this morning. by the way, that s a beautiful shot of the campus this morning. bustling activity this morning. we were wondering did we get up this early in college? i don t remember that. meanwhile, last night s debate, the tea party star christine o donnell comparing the democratic opponent to karl marx. chris coons firing back calling her an extremism. he ll be joining us live this hour with more on what he would do, how he would vote if he indeed becomes the senator from dell care. they re all out. the nation of chile exhaling this morning.
the bulk of what people know about christine o donnell comes from tv where she was a guest in the 1990s on the bill maher show. and it s since become a parody on saturday night live and other shows. well, we decided to talk to some of the locals here in delaware. after the debate, what did they think? and would they vote for her? let s check it out. what do you think people wanted to hear from the candidates? what are some of the biggest issues that you hear people talking about? well, i think christine o donnell needed to show that she s a human being, a real person. and that she s impassioned. that all of this sort of conversation going on about her is not really accurate. i think that s what she attempted to do and did very well with that. what stuck out with you with either candidate? well, i actually don t plan on voting for either candidate. i feel that christine o donnell doesn t answer any questions. she s going circular on things. and i think chris coons is kind
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