8:49 - Team Sassy is officially obsessed with the CNN undecided voter thingy (mm-hmm, that's what they call it).
8:51 - Weird that McCain doesn't mention how his health care plan will actually increase taxes for everyone with a employer-based plan. Hiding something?
8:57 - Women love them some Barack healthcare plan.
9:01 - McC tries fruitlessly to look relaxed in the background, should the camera angle catch him.
9:05 - Obama had them at Darfur. McCain lost them at Somalia.
9:08 - People in OH are not responding well to McCain's Teddy Roosevelt story.
9:13 - If McCain knows how to get Bin Laden, hop to, I mean what's the hold up?
9:18 -- Bored now. Oh goodie, food's finally here.
9:21 -- Someone needs to explain the concept of "yes" or "no" to the candidates. I actually think McCain handles this one better than Obama.
9:22 - McCain just buddied up to the undecided former military guy. They shook hands, me no likey.
9:25 -- Obama handles the Iran/Israel question well. Little long-winded for me, but the OH folks seem to dig it.
9:27 - I like the last question "What don't you know and how will you learn it." Too bad Obama isn't answering it. The OH women don't seem to mind and love his response. The men aren't buying it.
9:29 -- McCain was flat lining, but closed strong.
Sassy Out.
5 comments:
On the undecided voter track thingie, is it just me, or does it only ever sky rocket to the positive when Barack talks? He's clearly more in step with normal people's priorities.
Wait! Did John I-freak-out-and-suspend-campaigns McCain just call for a "cool hand" to guide the U.S. in a crisis?
Finally boarding! I think Barack's killing McCain in this. He seems smoother, he's answering questions well, and touching on important points. McCain stumbles over answers and keeps trying to crack lame jokes. Throw in the little dial thingie, and I think it's all Obama tonight.
Nice work, Sassy! Props in particular to Dave for blogging on the go -- impressive!
I second Dave -- massive victory for Barack. And Andrew Sullivan agrees...
"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'd like to give most of the credit to bridget who was the primary blogger tonight. also, congrats to lydia in her debut effort.
pundits mostly agree that barack came across as presidential, poised, and as rachel maddow said, basically acted like mccain wasn't even in the room.
perfect.
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