Posted on 09/26/2008 8:16:20 PM PDT by cmj328
Media spin in favor of Obama has been relentless!
Keep it coming. Results after the break, announcer says, “we are getting flooded with responses”.
BO’s was brighter and clearer.
Pathetic
Freeped.
I voted. But since I am going through a foreign IP, I wonder if they know the difference.
McCain missed numerous opportunities to respond to accusations by Obama on various sensitive subjects while Obama missed no opportunity to refute McCain. Obama essentially agreed with McCain on most foreign policy issues except the Iraqi situation - thus preempting McCain's positive points on that subject. McCain tended to inject more patriotic themes into his presentation, which, while a positive in a Republican Primary, or in communicating with people like us, has minimal impact on the average independent interested more in how McCain's views impact him directly.
But more to the point - foreign policy is viewed as a McCain strong point and he should have been able to hit a knockout blow to Obama at this point and he did not. All Obama needed to do was maintain his ground in this debate and he did that very well - more so than he required.
Thanks to the poisoning of the political atmosphere by Bush II and his total incompetence in so many areas, the average unaligned American voter feels a change is needed in the administration in Washington and to them that means the party controlling the White House, even though the Dems and RINOS have controlled it for the entirely of Bush II’s term of office.
All of this, together with the dismal polls seem to imply an Obama Presidency, absent some “October Surprise” by the Republicans. But given their customary ineptitude, this is unlikely.
If the GOP can't beat the Dems in 2008, its past time to abandon the GOP and its moribund leadership.
Let us know the results when they come in please.
Dun de dundun duuuunnnn!!
done!
You can check with either or Obama or McCain - apparently they both are wearing them.
You can check with either or Obama or McCain - apparently they both are wearing them.
Most Drudge viewers like us are conservatives. The results are unsurprising, except how well Obama actually did do.
ALWAYS post a link. It takes too long to go to the source!
“Early” results —
McCain 60%
Obama 40%
I suppose they will report final results at some point (maybe tomorrow morning?). Broadcast over.
Who won the debate? |
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| John McCain | |
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200 (54.8%) |
| Barack Obama | |
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165 (45.2%) |
| Total votes = 365 | |
Please remind posters not to link through FR. Keeps the freep on the down low, don’t cha know.
Voted, but no results came up.
I’m not sure you’re correct about that.
Obama spoke fast, threw out a lot of data without always taking the time to explain what it meant, and acted rudely while McCain was speaking. As an ex-college debater, that is rank amateur stuff, and you quickly learn it doesn’t impress an impartial judge. McCain was more deliberate and forceful in his presentation and I think was more persuasive in the eyes of a neutral observer.
We have to remember that “our” votes are locked up, it’s the independent uncommitted voters who McCain needs to pull over to his side. Whether that is done via the force of his logic and argumentation or by his personal style makes no difference, the result is the same. I’m not unbiased but tonight I heard from Obama the same rhetoric and attitude that drove 18 million people to vote for Hillary.
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