Focus group on Fox: I was surprised at how old and tired John Mcain looked

[Jennicut]

They all panned him. The group went 2 to 1 towards Obama after the debate.

[quantass]

1. lol...excellent

[kstewart33]

2. Geez, that's surprising. Thanks from us non-Fox watchers! nt

[1corona4u]

3. Cool!!!

:-)

[LonelyLRLiberal]

4. LOL - they still showed it?

You are brave to go over there!

[renate]

5. I thought McCain looked better than usual... but--

It did him no favors to have such a young and energetic opponent just a few feet away from him. The contrast was pretty striking.

[Raschel]

8. I thought he looked more alive than usual too.

I'm certain he had on a thicker coat of make-up than he has ever wore in his life.

[jberryhill]

Cindy troweled it on him like a trollop, I hear /nt

[jberryhill]

15. Cindy troweled it on him like a trollop, I hear /nt

[sunnystarr]

11. That was his $5,000 make up job lol

if they thought he looked old and tired just think of what they would say if they saw hin without his makeup. They'd freak!

[Raschel]

16. I really cant' imagine what he'd look like without the plaster

Those commercials showing the seriousness of his illness jolted me. He's an asshole for wanting to win in his condition. It is all about him. Win the presidency, go down in history. Then kak, who cares what happens to those left behind. Yeah, that's real country first.

[goodgd_yall]

13. I actually was in agreement with the comment of the focus group person

He seemed even older next to Obama.

[Pale Blue Dot]

14. He looked OK at first

but he deteriorated as the debate went on. It seemed pretty obvious to me.

[cottonseed]

6. Cut the mic!

[goodgd_yall]

7. Yes! I just saw that

Right, everyone spoken to had negative things to say about McCain. Also the group overwhelmingly said McCain's initial statement he wouldn't attend the debate was playing politics. This was a group of independents from Nevada.

[Cha]

9. Whoa! The Indies from Nevada could

see right through mccon.

[vaberella]

10. Are you kidding? On Fox. I felt MSNBC thought Obama failed. Except KO. n/t

[goodgd_yall]

12. Really---I switched to Fox because Chris Mathews was being so hard on Obama

I wanted to see if someone there was possibly saying good things about Obama. I didn't quite get that, but at least I got to hear McCain blasted.

[vaberella]

18. All I saw out of Tweety's fast moving lips like it was on speed was spittle and trash. n/t

[eshfemme]

17. Oooh, is there any video?

I really want to see the focus groups because it's the only way to watch actual reactions without the pundit spin.

I'm more concerned with how it was received by the swing voters. Also, I'm hoping that Obama will be able to improve on his already kick ass debate performance and REALLY blow McCain's ass out of the water next time.