U.S. Presidential Election 2008

[Sean]

Originally Posted by Strangelet

I agree. And I think you are right to take solace in the points you raised if you support Obama (which I do)

But personally I think even if you were a staunch Clinton supporter, you should be frustrated by last night's venue. It was nothing short of tabloid pandering, breaking the election process down to a maury pauvich show for the first 45 minutes. And I just tried to convince myself we aren't an ideocracy!

I do agree with you....it was, overall, a ridiculously shoddy debate in how it was presented by th eso-called "moderators". My point is just that when you look at the net outcome, I think it will ultimately work in Obama's favor. Look how he used it today. And it strikes me based on reactions I've seen online and heard around the workplace that people thought it was stupid that it took 45 minutes to get to substantive issues (they even asked about the stupid flag pin thing before getting to the economy, Iraq, or anything else real), that Hillary behaved badly, and Obama did all he could to bring the subject back to real issues.

But yes, all that being said, it was a frustratingly amateurish forum.