Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama appeared in tonight's first presidential debate at the University of Mississippi in Oxford. After a turbulent week of economic and political drama, viewers are left not knowing who really hit it out of the park at the debate.
It would appear that Sen. McCain started out soft and ended strong. It would also suffice it to say that Sen. Obama started out strong and ended intellectually strong, but lacking in actual expertise to draw from. This is natural given that the debate spent about the first 30 minutes parsing the recent economic crises of the nation on Wall Street as well as Main Street and the last hour debating foreign policy and national security, both of which McCain capitalizes on voters' confidence.
The contenders discussed Iraq in depth, but didn't exactly stipulate their plans for the bailout package currently on the table at Capitol Hill. Moderator, Jim Lehrer of PBS, had to repeatedly ask the senators to specify whether or not they are yea or nay for the rescue plan. Sen. Obama though, did enumerate his plans for what needed to be done with the bailout. This is really the area Sen. McCain needed to come out on top of, with his latest proclamations and his failed history of wooing voters with his economic comprehension.
My question is: What do ya'll think of tonight's debate? Who do you think came out on top? For me, it was pretty lackluster.
Coming up next: Vice Presidential Debate: Sen. Joseph Biden vs. Gov. Sarah Palin - Thursday, October 2 - Don't forget to tune in!
[Source: Bethany]
3 comments:
I really came away with a lot of respect for both guys. Those questions from Lehrer were point-blank and had to be answered in front of about 200 million people at the end of a week that saw the collapse of very serious institutions. McCain's got Obama on foreign policy. He's also got him on being a white Republican (that always helps in America). I think Obama got the best of the debate overall, but America will bend over backward to vote Republican. I think the VP debate may actually prove important. I don't know if Palin could have hung in there tonight. Those questions were hard.
The 95% who will receive a tax cut( those under $250,000) will actually not receive a cut in tax rates or payroll taxes, but a one time tax rebate. The 5% will actually get an increase in their rate. Speaking of fairness(lol), the top 10% of earners in the U.S. pay 70% of the taxes. The bottom 50% of earners pay 2.9% of the taxes. So I guess under Obama we will have more fairness????
To TMCBUMP:
That's what you walked away with from the debate? Concerns about their tax plans? Please. Any previous budgets or tax plans or programs or earmarks are all out the window after the week we've just had. Everything's gonna have to be re-examined and on the table for discussion. McCain showed piss-poor judgment in trying to put-off the debate. It went off without a hitch and it looks like a temporary bail-out plan's been worked out. So I think he comes off very poorly. In regards to the tax plan, take a look at the discrepancy in incomes between top 10% earners and bottom 50% and how that's grown over the last 15 years. Thats not healthy.
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