debate thoughts
This was Senator McCain’s strongest debate yet. He came out swinging, and it was great to see that. He was able to take advantage of Obama’s conversation with Joe the Plumber and to make the case that Obama’s tax plan is the wrong solution to the country’s financial struggles. The whole discussion on taxes should [...]
where we stand
A couple thoughts on the debate — the format was awful, but I expected more of Tom Brokaw. We didn’t get any new information out of this debate (other than McCain’s call for more bailouts, but I’ll get to that). Neither candidate was able to challenge his opponent’s comments in any depth, and this [...]
the debate
The McCain campaign has to be pleased with the way Sarah Palin performed in the debate Thursday night. She went toe-to-toe with a Senate lifer. She was able to recover from those unflattering interviews, and she was also able to get a couple good shots in at Joe Biden in the process. She did benefit [...]
debating biden and palin
Apparently Gwen Ifill’s writing a very complimentary book about our Democratic nominee for President, Barack Obama. No bias here. Move along citizen. Why in the world didn’t the McCain campaign know about this? Are they all fast asleep over there? With all the credit we can give that campaign for some of those clever web [...]
draw
That’s what I thought about the McCain-Obama debate. McCain had a few good lines, but Obama did not do any obvious damage to himself when discussing foreign policy — at least not that any casual observer would notice. I don’t think either of them changed any minds tonight. I missed the part where they discussed [...]
exit strategy
After last night’s debate, I think Ron Paul needs to make a graceful exit from the presidential race. It’s not because his ideas aren’t worth discussing, although I think that it would be hard to make the case for eliminating the FBI and CIA post-911. He was right to point out that our intelligence agencies [...]
another presidential debate you didn’t see
Come on, Democrats — what are you trying to hide having a Sunday morning debate in Iowa? Not that one more debate would change my mind about the Democratic field or anything…but the timing is just as bad for Democrats as it is for Republicans. Transcript here if you’re interested, although you won’t find any surprises in it. [...]
mostly unedited thoughts on the youtube debate
I was about to give the YouTubers credit for keeping the conversation serious, and then the second half of the debate happened. Of course I think CNN gets most of the blame for this. Maybe the entertainment factor is a good thing for political junkies who are close to getting burned out with all these [...]
sparring democrats in new hampshire
Just a few random, possibly unrelated thoughts on the Democratic debate Sunday night (transcript here): 1) It is logically inconsistent for Hillary and Edwards to insist that they were “totally briefed” on what was in the NIE and got quality advice on what to do with that information, while still trying to make the case [...]
random thoughts on the democratic debate
What Keith Olbermann oh-so-cleverly called “the spotlight dance” between Obama and Clinton (and those other people) failed to reveal anything that we didn’t already know. There was no compelling story in this debate, only the regularly scheduled Bush-bashing and an argument over which candidate would get us out of Iraq the fastest. That’s why all [...]
