Who do you think won the debate?

[devilgrrl]

I say Obama hands down.

And you?

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. But we are biased

[devilgrrl]

4. I'm proudly biased

And why shouldn't I be?

[barbtries]

2. to be honest

even if i didn't think he won, i'd say he won. in fact if there are polls anywhere else on the internets, i am prepared to go say he won whether or not he won. but i'm sure he won. at least for those of us who despise bullshit.

[kmdemqueen]

3. war

Mccain is a war junkie

[Tutankhamun]

5. Shocking quote from Pat Buchannan: "John McCain clearly won the debate"

Is the guy really that warped or is he just full of shit?

[nadinbrzezinski]

11. RNC Partisan

[Left Brain]

13. The latter.

[mnhtnbb]

14. Warped and FOS

[Swamp Rat]

6. Obama... and this was the debate that McCain should have won.

[olshak]

10. Agree with this point...

Obama won on points, not by Knockout

[Swamp Rat]

12. TKO goes to Obama..... The Spain comment put McCain bleeding on the mat.

And Obama knocked him back down with the 'bomb bomb bomb Iran' comment.

[Flabbergasted]

7. I think it will sway very few people. IOW tie.

[LatteLibertine]

8. Well

Senator McCain spent the debate looking at and speaking to the moderator. He looked timid and punked. Senator Obama directly addressed McCain many times and looked at him when answering and while McCain was speaking. McCain came off as weak. I have little faith in him standing up to folks that need to be opposed if he can't even do it well against the fellow he is running against in a polite debate.

I also think Obama had more measured and thoughtful responses. He gave Senator McCain his due when they agreed on issues and gave him proper credit when appropriate. That made him seem more reasonable and intelligent.

Senator Obama won on more levels that one.

Obama 08.

[NeedleCast]

9. Hehe, kinda a biased audience, but I think Obama won

and the CNN live poll indicated he did as well.

[Rudyabdul]

15. Obama did fine

but he REALLY needs to stop being so generous to McCain by saying that he agrees with McCain on many of his points. He also needs to call out on McCain when he calls him naive.

I hope he gets better in the next 2 debates.

[Naturyl]

16. I think McCain did very well.

I think he lied repeatedly, misled multiple times, and trotted out his usual recycled shit - but he did so with a lot of the condescending rudeness Middle America mistakes for leadership.

Obama missed a lot of chances to hit back hard and throw 8 years of Repuke rule in McSame's face.

Go ahead and flame me, but I think our best debates are ahead of us. This one... not so good.

[olshak]

24. This WAS a good debate for Obama...

But your analysis is spot on. I think he will get better as we move forward.

[ThePowerofWill]

17. I think Obama won....but

MSNBC is telling me McCain won, so i must be wrong. :eyes:

[Warpy]

18. I'll call it a draw for a couple of reasons

First, Gramps didn't step on his tongue or blow a fit. All he did was lie.

Second, Obama laid out his programs but he failed to call Gramps on obvious lies like who started the war against Georgia. He needed to call him on that one.

However, to low information voters (yes, I've been lurking at Yahoo and FR, bad lefty), Gramps came off as old, testy and tired, while Obama was rested and cool as a cucumber. That's the sort of thing that might give Obama a small edge among focus groups of salt of the earth types, you know, morons.

I'll call this one a draw, though.

[Tutankhamun]

19. Obama's calm, measured demeanor will help him with the neo-racists.

Of course the racist vote is lost, but the neo-racists, the "I don't know about Obama" crowd saw him in a good light. The "I'm kinda nervous about that guy" people, the "I don't know if I want to vote for a guy named Barack Obama" voters saw a wonderful contrast between the two candidates demeanors.

[President Decider]

20. Here's the truth .... there was no clear winner. Both candidates pandered to their base tonight ...

and so the truth shall set you free ...

[fla nocount]

21. I bought a six pack and re-named myself Joe tonight.

McCain won tonight, hands down.

There is no Al Kyda.

been Forgotten is dead.

Iran has no plans for world domination.

Russia is strong enough to protect it's borders...no more.

BO missed every opportunity and sounded like a Geritol ad. I'm suspicious about his fascination with Conoco's pipeline through Afghanistan too.

[Naturyl]

22. Ok, that's a bit much

It wasn't THAT bad.

But McSame did win, unfortunately. From the perspective of Middle America he set the tone, landed the hardest hits, and got away with it. Obama didn't bring the fight. Why Obama didn't *repeatedly* slap McSame with the fact that his own Bushco party created all these messes, I'll never know.

[fla nocount]

23. Maybe the BushCo party is his party too.

I saw nothing "progressive" tonight. Nothing, might as will have been Kerry, should have been Kerry. Where the hell does he get his advice from and how does he define "choice?" It might be that the only choice we have in this election is between McSame's.

[dysfunctional press]

25. mccain is the one who will see his polling numbers improve from it.

if that's how you want to gauge who won.