Good debate, both had their moments, both with their themes.....set aside party affiliations for a minute and vote for who you think won.... Was there a clear cut winner, or is it status quo? DD
both did relatively well, but this was a "foreign policy debate," one that mccain was supposed to win handedly - and he did not. obama wins this.
McCain did marginally better, but he didn't do well. Obama exceeded low expectations. I doubt it changed more than 1% of voters minds either way.
In my mind, neither won. I tend to agree with Obama's views more, and I respected his approach to the debate much more, but neither candidate impressed me with his vision. If I was to guess which candidate will benefit more in the polls from this debate, I'd give a slight edge to McCain.
I think Obama was much more Presidential and has a better plan for re-establishing America's standing around the world...nothing can be done without dialogue....NOTHING. DD
This debate isn't going to change any minds in those already decided but I think it was huge for those who haven't decided. I may be biased but I think Obama held his own and did slightly better.
This is pointless. This board leans heavily to the left. I'm voting for Obama but McCain won this round handily.
I think looking at what seemed to be McCain's biggest attack on Obama that he didn't understand and was too inexperienced, Obama erased any doubts. He seemed to have a very strong command of foreign policy. Bringing up McCain's imprudent unpresidential remarks about eliminating North Korea and singing about bombing Iran also was powerful. Obama erased McCain's most effective attack which had been Obama's lack of foreign policy know-how.
Yeah, he's also said he disagreed like 100 times. To me, when he agrees, it shows humility. We are Americans and we agree with each other sometimes you know...what's your point? I don't like the Bush mentality if I am always right, you are always wrong mentalitiy. So self-righteous.
CBS News and Knowledge Networks conducted a nationally representative poll of approximately 500 uncommitted voters reacting to the debate in the minutes after it happened. These figures are still preliminary and could change as more respondents complete the survey. But here's what we have so far: Forty percent of uncommitted voters who watched the debate tonight thought Barack Obama was the winner. Twenty-two percent thought John McCain won. Thirty-eight percent saw it as a draw. Forty-six percent of uncommitted voters said their opinion of Obama got better tonight. http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/0...ry4482028.shtml
Exactly. There's nothing wrong with agreeing with your opponent on occasion. It does indeed show humility and those who are using it as a prop against Obama need to actually focus on the issues at hand instead of quibbling over semantics.
You could very well be right that for many voters, that goes in McCain's favor. But ... http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showthread.php?t=154439 ... don't you think it's kind of sad that pointing out areas of agreement with a political opponent automatically becomes a negative?
