I will admit. I may be bias. I think Obama is the better candidate by far. That being said, I do think that Obama easily won this debate. He provided more detail in his answers. He did a better job of answering the questions and not avoiding the questions. He seemed more in command, more "presidential" if you will. He showed more confidence and self assurance.
Watching McCain, I kept thinking he sounded like a snake oil salesman except when he sounded like an evangelist. He spoke more in generalities and tried to appeal to peoples emotions rather than their intellect.
Unfortunately, I have seen statistics that say something like 80% of people pick a candidate based on emotion and only about 20% pick a candidate based on the issues. So...
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like when he kept playing to Tom? When he would giggle and hope that it was funny (since the audience can't laugh and looked bored as shit)....
ReplyDeleteI am still an Obama fan... and as far as I'm concerned, I don't think either candidate can offer me any true relief from the financial situation I personally am in....
I chose to believe that the world/financial sector needs to RESET itself....
and once it's done.. I would like to see Obama leading this country.
I agree with Miles to Go, both are not going to do anything immediate but I like listening/watching to people discuss the candidates.
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