It surprised me to that he didn’t attack Obama on blaming Bush for the last 8 years, and that he didn’t point out how many bills he has introduced over the last 16 or so years to try to stop the crisis from occurring in the first place. Easier for us to think of these things without the stress, and cameras, and lights - not to mention the fatigue from actually WORKING this week (unlike Obama...). :-)
I wonder if McCain’s strategy was to let Obama speak and trip himself up. There are a LOT of things McCain’s campaign can use from tonight to make Obama look like a complete fool, IMHO. :-)
I wonder if McCain’s strategy was to let Obama speak and trip himself up. There are a LOT of things McCain’s campaign can use from tonight to make Obama look like a complete fool, IMHO. :-)
That’s exactly what I thought. I was hoping for a really really bad stuttering crash. However, I believe BHO was soundly defeated, looked like a rude snob, and very childish.
Obama was supposed to attach McCain to Bush on everything and he got derailed and forgot about that until about an hour into it. He spewed it for a couple minutes then got derailed again. I think McCain schooled him well.
Let's not forget that there will actually be a debate on the economy coming up later!
I have a feeling that McCain will handle such things then.
Yes, about the sub prime lending mess, McCain should have said a lot more about how Obama was part of the problem and how he, McCain tried to stop the problem from getting worse. McCain let Obama off the hook on the number one issue of the day.
Too bad, because McCain beat Obama on every other question.