Obama wins this battle.

[Drunken Irishman]

He's kept McCain on the defensive most of the night, he stumbled a lot and that grin, well that's going to be the Gore sigh moment of the 2008 debates.

[d_b]

1. the beauty of mccain's performance

is that the average joe doesnt know when he's lying, only junkies like us do. I see some great ads in our very near future.

[kenny blankenship]

2. Grin? You mean the grimace? The rictus?

The thing that grips his face like it's going to tear it in half? Methinks McScrew's McLoose.

Oh yes, he's ready for his relaxer of distilled water and pure grain alcohol. God help us if this nutcase becomes President.

[terrya]

3. Yes. Obama has won tonight.

Very impressed with Obama tonight.

[Hepburn]

4. Yep....McCain keeps swining and missing, IMO. n/t

[iamthebandfanman]

5. mccain has been nothing but condescending

... laughing at every response and acting like his opponent is an idiot...

being a pompous a-hole surely cant be good ;)

[Fran Kubelik]

6. Smart, engaged, and continued to try to make eye contact with McCain

I thought he was amazing.

[nsd]

7. Agreed.

The grin especially was creepy.

[bronxiteforever]

8. agreed

[Ichingcarpenter]

9. Agreed..... McCain is on the deep six

He sounds pathetic and shaken
and now just spurts out crap!

[TexasObserver]

10. Agreed. Fight analogy follows ....

The first twenty minutes, the young challenger looked tentative at times, while the old fighter looked more comfortable in the ring. But then, as the young man's confidence grew, he saw that he could land punch after punch. As the mid rounds came, he landed blow after blow to the stunned old fighter's head.

As the bout went into the late rounds, the old fighter was running out of steam. He began to hold his opponent, he began to clinch, unable to land any blows on his young opponent.

The younger fighter methodically landed punch after punch, until the old man was reduced to covering to deflect blows, praying the last round would hurry past.

Conclusion: Grumpy got his ass kicked by The Champ.

[Ichingcarpenter]

11. POW card played at the end.......