I'd agree, though I think towards the end it looked like Obama was getting the better of the CNN graph, so the polls may show him as a (slight) winner.
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I don't think that graph is worth anything. It will spike up to any pandering, and dip to any negativity or cheesy cliches.
If anything, I'd say McCain came off as crankier than I would like, but not enough to matter.Resident Filipina Lady Boy Expert.
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Looks like the media and the focus groups are seizing on the "that one" comment. Could be unfortunate for McCain."Beauty is not in the face...Beauty is a light in the heart." - Kahlil Gibran
"The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves" - Victor Hugo
"It is noble to be good; it is still nobler to teach others to be good -- and less trouble." - Mark Twain
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Noted "Obamacan" and The Atlantic columnist Andrew Sullivan called it thusly:
10.33 pm. This was, I think, a mauling: a devastating and possibly electorally fatal debate for McCain. Even on Russia, he sounded a little out of it. I've watched a lot of debates and participated in many. I love debate and was trained as a boy in the British system to be a debater. I debated dozens of times at Oxofrd. All I can say is that, simply on terms of substance, clarity, empathy, style and authority, this has not just been an Obama victory. It has been a wipe-out.It has been about as big a wipe-out as I can remember in a presidential debate. It reminds me of the 1992 Clinton-Perot-Bush debate. I don't really see how the McCain campaign survives this.
I'm sure what he saw, to be honest. He is a smart guy. But regardless, McCain needed a big win tonight, and I certainly don't think he got it."My nation is the world, and my religion is to do good." --Thomas Paine
"The subject of onanism is inexhaustable." --Sigmund Freud
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Originally posted by Kidicious
Fox is saying the mortgage bailout plan that McCain dropped in the debate will cost $300bn."The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists."
-Joan Robinson
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Originally posted by Vesayen
Fox News is accusing the questions of being biased because they did not ask about same sex marriage or abortion....
Turning to Fox News is good for a laugh after the debates end."My nation is the world, and my religion is to do good." --Thomas Paine
"The subject of onanism is inexhaustable." --Sigmund Freud
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McCain did pretty much own the first question of the night with the mortgage bailout proposal. Obama shouldn't let him own that idea."Beauty is not in the face...Beauty is a light in the heart." - Kahlil Gibran
"The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves" - Victor Hugo
"It is noble to be good; it is still nobler to teach others to be good -- and less trouble." - Mark Twain
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