Who won the debate?

Politics — By Rachel Motte on October 7, 2008 at 10:48 pm

It all depends on who you ask. Democrats will say that Obama won. Republicans will probably tell you that McCain dominated. Radio audiences will have a different take than TV audiences, etc.
Then there’s Drudge, who just says it was “Boring.”
My take? I think both candidates did very well. There were no major gaffes, at least none that were immediately obvious on a first viewing. Despite Sarah Palin’s earlier statement that it’s ‘time to take the gloves off’ there weren’t any big surprises tonight. Obama’s controversial connections to William Ayres were not mentioned, leading one to wonder whether the McCain team is saving its ammunition for the very final days of the race.
Perhaps the most memorable moment in the debate was Obama’s statement about McCain’s song version of “Bomb, bomb Iran.” This will hurt McCain’s rankings with some audiences but may actually help him with others because, let’s face it, it’s an amusing mental image…
All in all a solid debate, but not a game-changer for either party.

54 Comments

Boonton says:
October 15, 2008 at 11:09 am
He ain’t my guy. He will address the Ayers issue Wednesday, and it was the president’s wife, not the president.
We shall see tonight but so what? He had Obama in front of him and he passed. If it was important he should have said it. His failure to do so is telling. Sorry, now that a half dozen contradictory tactics have failed to give him the poll numbers he wants a belated Ayers attack, if it happens, is simply not credible and certainly not impressive.
Annenberg’s widow is the current President of the Foundation. The Foundation has never repudiated or objected to anything the Chicago Annenberge Challenge did. McCain hawkes her support not just as a private citizen but as President of the Foundation. You guys can’t have it both ways on this, I know you’re used to it after 8 years of Bush but times up!
qwertyui909op says:
October 15, 2008 at 3:19 pm
“A belated Ayers attack, if it happens, is simply not credible and certainly not impressive.”
This sounds almost prophetic, or were you were copied the memo sent to all the MSM political eunuchs to insure that there is no diversity of opinion, or independent thoughts on the matter? Disgusting!
OBAMA CAMPAIGN ISSUES TALKING POINTS TO MEDIA AHEAD OF DEBATE
Wed Oct 15 2008 11:13:03 ET
* Just this weekend, John McCain vowed to “whip Obama’s you-know-what” at the debate, and he’s indicated that he’ll be bringing up Bill Ayers to try to distract voters.
* So we know that Senator McCain will come ready to attack Barack Obama and bring his dishonorable campaign tactics to the debate stage.
Boonton says:
October 16, 2008 at 5:25 am
almost prophetic,
Prophetic would be a prediction of the future, my statement was just laying down the facts. Thanks, though, for the compliment.
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