Thursday, October 16, 2008

The Last Debate

I think that last night was McCain’s best performance yet in a debate. He finally came out swinging, while Obama just played defense. Although McCain was good, I don't think he was good enough. With the recent polls putting Obama a good four points ahead of McCain, McCain needed to blow the voters away and I think he came up short.
McCain did a good job of clearly stating the issues, and separating himself from President Bush, but he had some downfalls as well. For instance, he repeatedly tried to call Obama's character into question and link him to Bill Ayers and, contrary to McCain’s belief, those "facts" were not facts. I was also disappointed to hear McCain imply that the health and well-being of the mother should not be a deciding factor in whether or not to perform an abortion.
Most of the polls I have seen have just barely given Obama the victory in this debate, but then again, I don’t watch Fox news. I'm sure McCain took that one in a landslide. In my opinion, I'd call it a tie.. or give the victory to Joe the Plumber...

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