TAKE A SHOT:
-When the buzzwords “change” or “maverick” or “hope” are used
-When someone says “I voted for or against” or “He voted for or against”
-When McCain refers to Obama’s “inexperience”
-When McCain refers to the moderator as “my friend” or the audience as “my friends”
-When Obama somehow works in his personal story of being raised by a single mom and his grandparents
-When Obama makes a smirk, shakes his head, and says, “Now wait just a minute…” or “hold on there…”
-When Obama makes the case that McCain and Bush are one and the same or uses the phrase “more of the same”
-When Obama talks about “multi-tasking” or having to address more than one crisis at a time as president
-When anyone brings up “suspending the campaign”
-When either one lays claims to being “bipartisan” or working “across the aisle”
-It’s a Social when Sarah Palin is mentioned!
-Finish whatever you are drinking if Obama or McCain loses his temper!
TAKE A SHOT:
-When someone mentions the “Bailout” of Wall Street
-When someone mentions Wall Street and Main Street in the same train of thought
-When someone starts quoting dollar figures (for example: 700 billion)
-When someone talks about mortgages/foreclosures/homeowners
How about of 0bama says “I have said before” or “I will say again”
Do you want us to die of alcohol poisoning? ;-) LOL
It'll be interesting to see the comparison of Obama from the first debate to the second debate. With Bush/Gore 2000, SNL savaged Gore for his first debate performance, being too assertive, sighing over Bush, running long on questions, etc. To compensate during the second debate, Gore was Mr. Passive, agreeing with much of what Bush said.
Are we going to see a similar dynamic tonight? I doubt it. I think the message that Obama learned was from Bush/Kerry 2004, which was to never let any slight go unanswered, no matter how small. That's what we saw in the first debate, to the extreme of Obama taking over the moderator role at times, and that's what we're going to see tonight.
My bet is that Obama is going to see this as his opportunity to put the nail in the coffin once and for all, while McCain is going to try to be Mr. Gentleman again.
-PJ