Who did better in the Presidential debate tonight?
Senator McCain or Senator Obama?
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Who did better in the Presidential debate tonight?
Senator McCain or Senator Obama?
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It wasn’t even close. McCain won by a landslide. He sounded Presidential and he’s decisive.
McCain. Obama didn’t do well tonight. Maybe he’ll be better next time.
I give the edge to Obama. McCain neede a home run and did not get it. McCain was consistantly trying to distort Obama’s positions with blatant lies. Obama didn’t have to resort to such tactics. I can’t wait to see the VP debate, I think it is going to be interesting to say the least!!
Obama was caught giving false information about Dr. Kissinger. Dr. Kissinger spoke up right after the debate and said that he’s not happy that Obama used his name and gave the wrong position.
My Friends,
Tonight, Senator Obama and I participated in the first debate of the general election. It was a spirited debate and I believe the difference between our visions for America were made very clear.
In a few hours, I will return to Washington to resume negotiations with the Administration and Congressional leaders from both parties to forge a bipartisan solution to our economic crisis. I am optimistic we will come to a final agreement soon. All voices must be represented in the final agreement, especially those of taxpayers and homeowners.
We cannot be interested in who would get credit fo r finding a solution and who would be blamed if an agreement cannot be reached. We must put our country first to solve this economic crisis. Because in the end, that’s what leaders do in times of crisis.
Our next president and Congress will face challenging times that require selfless leadership. They must find solutions to issues like the economy, national security, and energy independence. I’m ready to work with Governor Palin and our Congressional allies to address the nation’s most pressing challenges. Make no mistake, we are ready to lead and the Obama-Biden Democrats are not.
But, the truth is that we won’t win without your support. We’re less than 40 days away from Election Day and polls in races across the country are extremely close. In the final weeks of this campaign, we will need to fund crucial get-out-the-vote and grassroots activities that will assist our entire ticket, from the top to the bottom to secure victory on Election Day. I’m asking you to help us by making a contribution right now to McCain-Palin Victory 2008.
Your support is always deeply appreciated and I thank you for your generosity.
Sincerely,
John McCain
P.S. There are major differences between our shared priorities for our nation and those of the Obama-Biden Democrats. Tonight’s debate made this point very clear. Our entire ticket will always put your needs above our own. And that’s why it is so important for you to get involved today. Please join our team for victory on Election Day. Thank you.
I don’t think this blog allows rude comments. Post your position without insults and I think it’ll be fine.
They both lost. Neither candidate addressed the issues of foreign policy with any degree of depth, progressive insight, or substantive intelligence.
I’m afraid the vice-presidential “debates” will be even more of a farce than what I viewed tonight.
McCain won this.
I think McCain and Obama both won….it is the voters and the US citizens who lost now that we have fully realized that both candidates are totally out of touch with what this country needs right now. Worst of all, both candidates seem to be totally clueless about the economy and our tax system.
When I looked at McCain, I felt uncomfortable.
He looked uncomfortable.
When I looked at Obama, I felt relaxed.
He looked relaxed.
McCain scored debating points while Obama won the image war.
http://time-blog.com/real_clear_politics/2008/09/the_post_debate_polls.html
A majority of voters thought Obama did better. This debate of foreign policy was supposed to be McCain’s strong point and Obama at least held his own. I would put election odds at 2-1 in favor of Obama at this point.
-Justin Daniel
You are refering to an online poll for Time magazine???
You do realize that polls on left of center sites are going to say Obama won. I am sure if you checked the poll on MSNBC Obama won, and likewise on FOX I am sure McCain won. Didn’t bother to check. Pretty obvious.
Both did fine. If you liked one candidate before, you probably thought they won. If you were undecided, you are an ignorant moron who does not pay attention to issues affecting the real world and are incapable of making up your mind. Sorry, but someone had to say it…
Several polls overwhelmingly have Obama has the winner. I think because people no longer believe McCain after so many mistruths, distortions and choice of Palin.
I like Obama. He is a nice guy and will allow me to push him around like sad teddy bear he is. Da.
I will make him one of my complicit minions. Da.
He will help me gather up old Soviet satellites by submitting to my will. Da.
He will squeal like piggy. Da.
Vladimir
Obama won…he was presidential, strong, relaxed and clearly demonstrated he could lead.
JBF
I will only remember one thing from this debate. As per McCain, Osaba Bin Laden and Obama have one thing in common. That will do it for me and will be scared to death until my actual death. Only people who managed to forget 9/11 may start talking about loosing our important war. Eventually that same people will start thinking for themselves and maybe even introduce some real change. Let’s face it, none of us has ever wanted it.
I agree with a Web analysis that broke the debate into 3 economy + 5 foreign-policy categories, and scored them 2-1 Obama + 3.5-1.5 McCain, for McCain 4.5–Obama 3.5 overall.
However, the same analysis (summarized at fivethirtyeight.com) said that voters found the economy twice as important. If you double the 2-1 to 4-2, then you get both guys at 5.5 out of 11, a tie. Moreover, Obama got his 1.5 foreign-policy points from the Iraq and Afghanistan subjects, and the NBC poll quoted there found they balanced terrorism and made voters perceive the foreign-policy part as a wash. This may explain the real polls showing Obama getting a 50-odd% nod in the debate, slightly higher than his overall support. (Website polls where anyone can click are not real polls—they reflect the distribution of visitors, so naturally Fox and DrudgeReport get many more GOPpers, and the others get more Dems even aside from any intrinsic bias.)
Thus there’s a large “eye-of-beholder” effect in how you score the debate. If terrorism is high in your present consciousness, as for Nikolay Pilafov (can you clarify your meaning?), then per the above analysis McCain won. If “looking Presidential” is your main criterion, then McCain’s your man—and probably even before he opens his mouth, while if it’s just a point of sanity-check reassurance, then Obama came off well. Indeed since this was the foreign-policy debate favoring McCain, Obama’s main goal didn’t have to be any higher. [And for the next debate, Joe Biden has successfully warded off the unrealistic expectation of his knocking out Palin—indeed following his “FDR on TV in 1929” quip, he’s put expectations down so close to zero that he can probably even say George Washington freed the slaves to tear down the Berlin Wall without doing any more damage.:-]
I have the same kind of weighting issue in my still-ongoing chess work. Even in nearly-level positions, some moves are “more critical” than others. Is there a non-subjective way to identify such moves? Maybe by data-mining the places annotators felt a need to comment on? With no clear answer, my software treats all (near-even-strength, non-recapture) moves equally.
McCain was so condescending that I couldn’t hear what he was trying to say. It was like having a parent talk down to you…a really old parent.
M