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- How the right will try and steal the election
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- PA GOP gets a case of the nasties
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I watched--I couldn't help myself. Then I watched another hour as what everyone knew became clear from the flash poll numbers: McCain didn't do what he needed to do. Again, it seems, Obama won on points. McCain looked angry and frustrated. Obama was evasive but calm.
My favorite line of the night was from David Gergen on CNN. After the debate, Anderson Cooper asked, "What does McCain do now?" and Gergen said: "Beats the hell outta me."
Everybody on the set cracked up, because they all know that McCain doesn't have a leg to stand on anymore. What's left? Even if the stock market goes up, he's already messed up the economic argument, and people couldn't care less about Iraq or William Ayers right now. He's got the wrong manner and the wrong temperament for the moment. Everybody liked McCain's line: "I'm not President Bush. If you wanted to run against him you should have run four years ago." But if he has to say that on October 15 and Bush's numbers are in the tank, it's because Obama has made people think he's Bush and convinced them that he would have the same economic policies (which is true, at least as far as tax policy). Obama was a model of restraint when he was asked about Biden and Palin--choosing not to say whether he thought she was qualified.
Chris Matthews hammered away on McCain's answer about abortion--the way he dismissively talked about the "health" (placing quotes with his hands) of the mother as an open excuse for abortion any time. Obama surprised me by saying he would support a ban on late term abortions (not just partial birth abortions) as long as there were an exception for the health and life of the mother.
On the whole, this debate was MUCH more interesting than the last one, but neither candidate was really direct about the problems the next president is going to face. Who would want to inherit the mess we have now? (And doesn't the 733 point drop on the DOW the day of the debate seem to support the argument that God wants Obama to be president?)
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