[r9etb]

I listened as well, and thought McCain clobbered him. Go figure.

I also thought McCain was much better on substance, though he lacked precision in a lot of his answers.

I thought Obama got the edge on style points -- he did sound better than McCain did. My pont is not about who "won," but rather who seemed to be better -- and these days that seems to be a matter of style, not substance.

[quantim]

I thought Obama got the edge on style points -- he did sound better than McCain did. My pont

Whatever.

[FredZarguna]

0 has a better voice. That gives him an advantage on "style," but that said I thought he came across as very pedantic for most of the debate, and argumentative on the few occasions when he tried to show fire.

They both lacked precision, but I think Mac stayed on message much better in the foreign policy part of the debate. I'm not concerned with his slightly off performance at the opening -- the economy is going to be revisited over and over, and once the "rescue" is passed that is going to change the whole complexion of how the debate gets framed.

I think McCain did some real damage on Afghanistan, but could have hit it harder. BHO's recourse to "Joe Biden runs the full committee and said it's OK I didn't have hearings" was an enormous misstep: it cast him as subordinate to his running mate. He should've just ignored it. Since this criticism was bound to come up, I'm surprised 0's team didn't have a better answer.

"I've got a bracelet, too," was incredibly lame.