Mark Halperin--"Two more performances like that and he will be very tough to beat on Election Day."

[Bicoastal]

And yes, he's talking about Obama. Great summary and grades from a guy I don't always agree with.

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1845106-1,00.html

Obama/McCain

Substance: B+/B-

Style: A/C-

Offense: B/C+

Defense: A-/B-

Overall: A-/B-

[PATRICK]

1. Understatement from the wrong angle

Voters attracted back to reality by the bailout crisis mean the whole game is up. The GOP might be lucky to survive at all.

[Vogon_Glory]

9. Oh, The Rethugs Will Survive, BUT...

Oh, the Rethugs will survive, but to paraphrase the words of Zell (Turncoat) Miller, they'll be "a national party no more."

:evilgrin:

The Rethugs will find themselves increasingly confined to the former Confederate States, and the Intermountain West. OK, and Alaska, too.

[Phx_Dem]

2. I'm shocked that this is from Mark Halperin!

Obama kicked ass.

[NRaleighLiberal]

3. Yup. I took detailed notes from Charlie Rose - link below

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7214252

Plus - Brooks just said that Sarah Palin is a disaster. He couldn't watch the Couric interview.

[Cha]

4. C- minus for mccon on style..

I give him an F for not being able to look Obama in the eye.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

5. McSame is Phucked

He's too close 2 McBushit

[nc4bo]

6. Nice to see the we weren't the only ones who saw this...

Defense:

He managed to ignore most of Obama's jibes, but was eventually baited into giving an extended answer about his policy differences with President Bush, after his opponent repeatedly mentioned McCain's regular support of Bush's budgets. Was visibly riled when clashing with Obama over a variety of issues, including Iraq, sanctions, and spending. He also chose to boast about Sarah Palin (although not by name) as his maverick partner, who, after her shaky week, may no longer be his ace in the hole.

[HughMoran]

7. Wow, I gave the exact same overall grades

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=7210756&mesg_id=7212222

:evilgrin:

[BlueIdaho]

8. After tonight, I do not believe there will be two more Presidential debates.

My guess is one more Presidential debate and no VP debate - the republicans will cut their losses regardless of the blow back.

[Schulzz]

10. Yes and foreign policy should have been McCain's strength

Obama's strong first half of the debate makes me confident that the third debate won't be even close. Don't know about that townhall thing, that depends on the questions.

[mascarax]

11. Interesting

Thanks for posting. A few things:

1. I've never heard McCain bring up Reagan multiple times before. Is this new? (All it does is for me is bring up how much I detested Reagan!)

2. " presentation was further hindered by his wandering discussion of the differing heights of North and South Koreans and his angry assertion about how well he knows Henry Kissinger."
Yep, weird.
Really...honestly...what audience cares about how close you are to Kissinger? And for many of us, Kissinger is merely a familiar name...when was the last time he was relevant? Why do 18-40 years old people care about Henry?!