TW: I will not spend much time parsing the debate. There are a hundred folks in the blogosphere on that job. I post two items which I thought were the best I read: an Economist live blog blow by blow and Joe Klein's re-cap. I have also put in a Fox post debate video (Luntz is a Republican btw), it seems the snap polling shows Obama "winning" but I will be far more interested to see if the daily trackers budge over the next couple of days.
Would certainly be interested in your comments.
Net net I would take either of the two in a heart beat as my President over W. Bush. Watching those two folks, who both command the facts and nuances in a sophisticated manner, is comforting relative to the guy who has been in the White House for the past eight years. If forced to score the debate, I would give McCain a slight advantage but nothing profound and again Obama just needed to stay close. More importantly Obama as the relatively new face needed to seem plausible as a POTUS, he did without question. This is Obama's race to lose now, it has been for awhile but the finish line is quickly coming into focus.
PS Jonathan Alter on MSNBC: "The biggest loser? Sarah Palin. The debates set a standard she cannot live up to"
http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2008/09/an_oxfordstyle_debate.cfm
http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1845114,00.html
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I think Obama won on most points. McCain's stories, while trying to show his historical experience came across as long-winded. By the end of most of them I kept waiting for Johnny to say, "what was the question again?"
Everytime McCain said "senator obama doesn't understand" it seemed like he was thinking to himself: "okay I make this point here and then I say, Obama doesn't understand"
It seemed so rehearsed. I thought Obama's debating style was much more comfortable.
Obama didn't hit it out of the park but on the main topic of the debate he successfully pushed McCain off of his own playset.
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