The audience was positively the same. I agree that it is strange that an evangelical audience would applaud the key lines you mentioned, but a fraction of them could have been Obama supporters, who clapped for Obama, then there were more McCain supporters who clapped his statements.
Thanks FN for your reply. Yeh, I just thought it was a little strange, but must admit I didn’t watch the Obama portion that much so not sure how much applause he got. I must admit I was a little wary of the whole thing and how McCain would do, but was just tickled how he handled himself and the audience’s reaction.