Blogging the Debate

[kitsunealyc]

So, starting a little late, but here's my thoughts on the debate, as they happen (uh, both my thoughts and the debate).

Warning: I will try to counter it, but I am heavily Obama-biased, especially after reading _The Audacity of Hope_.

Comments

[bugsy_siegel]

I only listened to the debate, which is a very different experience than watching.

What is with McCain's obsession with Regan. Is it an age thing? I know that I am worried that McCain's old ass heart will give out and we will be stuck with Palin.

Obama does seem more able to reach across the aisle.

McCain has launched some very nasty ads. He also seemed snarky, condescending, and elitist in this debate.

Still, I felt that Obama got a bit flustered during this debate, he is really smart and he wants to reason out what he is going to say but it often sounded like he was stalling and did not know what to say.

[swan_tower]

Body language helped, I'm told -- Obama kept meeting McCain's eye, while McCain seemed unable to even accept that he was being forced to share the stage with this peon. In that comparison, Obama came off secure and confident, while McCain seemed petulant. (A grumpy old man, as one pundit called him.)

[swan_tower]

The great thing is that, of the post-debate polls I've seen, in all but one case (that being the Drudge Report), Obama has anything from a modest to an annihilating lead on the question of "who won/performed better." Which, as I saw described elsewhere, has the potential to shape the election narrative when it appears in headlines tomorrow -- to become a self-fulfilling prophecy.

[oddsboy]

This is awesome, thanks for posting a play-by-play. I only got to watch a little bit of it, but I pretty much agree, Obama gets the "Works Well With Others" badge. Did you say next week is the VP debates? That should be interesting. I was watching some clips of Biden on the Daily Show and...o_0 is about all I can say. Mr. Foot in Mouth indeed. And, well, Palin's always interesting to hear talk.

-Crow

[oddsboy]

Oh yeah! How's life in th' greater Beltway area? Settling in, wending through crazy traffic (well, crazy people in traffic anyway)? Made fun of Deleware yet? Sometimes there's this really silly rivalry between No. Va. and Maryland, but at least we can all agree that Deleware is silly. Hope you're doing well!

-Crow