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McCain was great
I thought McCain was very repetitious with his old stories and talking points he always uses. Puh-leez. He was not sharp on taxes, where he could have moped the floor with Obama, or even on showing how he differed from Bush TODAY on the most pressing issue before this nation. He did not show passion for 3/4 of the debate. Only one or two times did he get on the offense and knock Obama onto his heels and make him stammer.
The rest of the time, Obama was more on point, seemed happier and more confident, got in more jabs on McCain. Obama looked and sounded presidential, which is 100% artifice, of course, but that is how he looked. And appearances matter in debates.
Sadly it seemed Obama pwned McCain in this one. McCain would have needed to hit Obama more on his connections to Marxism, make him defensive about his Fannie and Freddie teammates, and putting politics over the country. McCain could have DOMINATED tonight but did not. McCain’s courageous actions over the past two days should have had him the most confident man in the room. CHANGE has not happened, but COUNTRY FIRST has. I am unhappy because I think independents who don’t know much about the issues would see Obama as the CLEAR winner tonight. Sorry (and I am, very).
I will add that the debate format rocked. One of the best I have seen in my life.