observations on the debate

A few thoughts from the debate....

John McCain looks surprisingly smug.

Brokaw is irritable tonight.

Obama's arguments come across more focused and more prepared. McCain is all over the map.

Both candidates missed the ball on the "sacrifices" question. Somebody needs to say "turn off your lights, use less water, use public transportation." Both missed a chance for a ground level, personal, common sense challenge to the American people.

"That one" probably wasn't the best word choice for McCain. Intentional or not, it may invoke race issues.

I know that I am an Obama supporter and am probably a little less than objective, but be that as it may, McCain looks overmatched. Obama has been smoother and has made strong but clear arguments.

McCain is definitely making an attempt to make himself more palatable to the public. Even if his attempts at humor were terrible, he is trying to appear more even keeled.

I wonder if Obama realized how much discussion his Pakistan comment would create.

Apparently we are all friends with John McCain.

McCain has an advantage when he goes at Obama for predicting the surge would not work.

Given the emergence of economics as the predominate issue in America right now, I wonder if the Republican Party wishes it had nominated Mitt Romney. Shallow as it may be, he would look more presidential and carry more physical charisma than McCain does, an area in which Obama has a marked advantage.

Yes or No questions on this stage are absurd. Both men wisely avoided that trap.

Interesting hypothetical question by the Navy dude. I don't know what I think about that one.

When McCain attacks Obama for wanting to sit down with Iran, it sounds too much like the foreign policy of the past. It sounds at once bellicose and childish. I think this is an area where Obama's progessive ideas could really play in his favor. Cleary foreign policy change is needed, and he is offering something very tangible.




My friends, "that one" is going to win this election. It is becoming more and more apparent.