Sorry, Mitt. We're still not that into you.

[pamela]

5. That's interesting. Thanks for sharing that.

The more I thought about it, the more I realized that it was the men yesterday who we're hyperventilating about the "Romney win" while women were genuinely feeling kind of perplexed about the reaction. I think men are really into sports analogies and see the debates in that context. If a man watches a fight and one side fights ugly but wins, that's still a win. They flock to the winner and high five them while the women are in the other guy's corner feeling pretty repulsed by the whole thing.

There were times yesterday when I felt like I was in a Solomon Ashe conformity experiment. I just didn't see what everyone else said they saw. There was no brilliant plan or snappy zinger that will be replayed for years to come. Obama didn't make a huge gaffe and actually got off some of the best lines. He looked tired but that's just a reminder to me that he's not a man of leisure like Romney. Romney's preening and smugness leave me cold and that was on full display. Plus, I hate a fucking liar, so there is that.

It was interesting hearing your husband's reaction. Watching MSNBC last night, I was really struck by how macho the analysis was. All these guys, Matthews, Schultz, hell, even Ron Reagan, we're all worked up like they were discussing a prize fight. Very loud and aggressive. Women were more like, "Meh, I'm not all that impressed."