a thread to discuss the 9/26 debate

[Sean]

Originally Posted by rayray

did mccain make eye contact once with obama - it was weird, came off as so angry that he couldn't even look at him. what a bizarre dynamic from a presidential candidate.

Yeah, I thought that seemed a little low-class. Obama would be speaking directly to McCain, and McCain would just stare off into the crowd refusing to return the eye contact, almost like he was pulling a fingers-in-the-ears "la la la la! I'm not listening!" type of thing.

Originally Posted by Deckard

Gotta say, I'm surprised CNN etc are reporting that Obama 'won' the debate. Pleased but surprised.

It seemed like a toss-up at first, with the pundits calling it a draw overall....until the external poll numbers started coming in. That's when they started calling it for Obama. I feel so relieved for the moment.