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Originally Posted by cacophony
i wouldn't be too overconfident in obama's favor. i've talked to several undecideds today and they all felt like obama failed to give substantive answers to many of the questions. the impression he left with those still deciding is that he wasn't able to move past his usual rhetoric and show real knowledge and understanding of economic issues.
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I think that's fair. That is to say, I think they have a reasonable point. the whole night was painful for any obama supporter to watch. I actually wasn't too happy with the man all day wednesday, with his comments putting jimmy carter out to the pasture for meeting hamas and basically cloning conservative rhertoric against iran in the debate. I don't think it reflected well on the image he's cultivated.
I mean I understand that to have said anything else would have been political hemlock, but it has been his defiance against such unspoken political rules that have allowed people to accept him in spite of his admittedly nebulous platform of change.