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.
What color is the sky on your planet?
You need help, see a neurologist forthwith. It wasn’t even close. McCain spanked him like a child.
You will get killed here but I agree. I just hope it doesn’t translate to many points in the polls.
Huh? Have you been drinking the DU Kool-Aid?
McCain was good. He did blow it absolutely on the economy when he did not mention the GOP move a few years ago to regulate the Fannie/Freddie organizations when the rats would not vote for it. He also should have mentioned that the forcing of lenders to give mortgages to risky applicants.
I agree that there were points - especially in the early part of the debate - that McCain could’ve cleaned his clock, EASILY and let the opportunity pass.
However, with some of the stories and such. To us political junkies it may be old news, and repetitious. BUT, I think with your average American (who has not heard the stories) it showed that McCain has life experience, and that he was very comfortable sharing what he’s learned from those experiences. If he was able to connect to people with those stories, to make them invested emotionally (without using fear and propaganda) then that will translate well in the long run. JMHO
As I said, I agree that there were missed opportunities. However, Obama was contradicting and lying throughout the debate. If we can bring out those points using Obama’s own words against him, it will be a good thing... We’ve just got to take up the banner.
Seeing as McCain has had a very long week, I think he did very well. Obama was thrown off his game a LOT, looked angry, and interrupted numerous times. I guess it depends on what you’re looking at, and it depends on where you are coming from as a viewer (us political junkies have obviously heard a lot of this before but the average American has not).
All JMHO. I don’t think you’re completely wrong. I just think that McCain did better than what you post implies is all. :-)
You must have had them confused with each other.
Cheers!
I strongly disagree. McCain did all he needed to do tonight. Independents have been leaning toward McCain for weeks. Tonight they saw Obama exposed as an inexperienced naive talker. McCain really ratcheted Obama down in several spots and I think Obama did not portray himself well to the independents. Speaking well is one thing, but substance is where he was defeated. McCain got better and better as the debate went on and I think he won the thing hands down. This was important because all the attention has been on Palin for quite a while. John proved many things tonight. Chief among them that he is sharp as a tack on the issues. He knows what he is talking about.
Yes. I have to agree... McCain missed some clear opportunities to knock one out of the park. Ex: Obama says in the same breath that he sits on the veterans committee and that veterans do not get treated well enough. Ex: Obama talks about our debt being leveraged by China, and then implies he wants the government to run the health care system... He is all for a $700B bailout of his buddied on Wall Street and 20 percent of that money for ACORN. So why did McCain not respond?
Barak talks about debt, and John has no response about Obamas’ connections to Freddie or Fannie?
The one thing that made Obama really look like an ass was his constant attempts at interrupting McCain.
McCain sounded confused, and shaky in his speech, although he recovered confidence somewhat late in the debate.
Maybe it was just nervousness... I do not know... But I sure was not impressed with his performance.
You’re right.
I think you are on crack if you ask me.
Not going to affect the opinion of the white Democrats who are going to be responsible for kicking Bambis butt. Give people more credit for their gut feelings. Obama is a reptile.
Did you make a wrong turn from the DU? McCain totally cleaned Obama’s clock.