Why should anyone vote an adolescence into presidency?

The debate between Obama and McCain seemed pointless. It was very boring and it seemed that both men had acted as children. Both tried pointing out each others faults, but both did lie on a few occasions. Most people from the two articles believed that Senator Obama won that debate, but I some-what agree with this statement, since Obama was very pushy and rude throughout the entire debate, it made him seem like he had the upper hand on McCain as he kept interrupting Jim and John. The forty-minute debate on economic was bothersome as Obama and McCain repeatedly kept going back and fourth, trying to correct each other and sabotage each other by relaying incorrect information about the other. McCain did not interrupt as much as Obama had, and he mostly stuck to his point. Obama kept repeating him self with the "What we really need to ask ourselves is... The main point is..." and there was no main point, just corrections to McCain. McCain kept bringing up himself as someone who has been around and knows what America and its people need while he says that Obama lacks experience. Both parties were unclear about where they stood and lacked the communication skills needed for this debate, maybe we should let five year-olds run for president.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/27/us/politics/27debatecnd.html?scp=1&sq=2008%20presidential%20debate&st=cse

http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_10576439?IADID=Search-www.mercurynews.com-www.mercurynews.com

Links: Obama vs. McCain (Oxford, Mississippi Debate)

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/27/debate.analysis/index.html

http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/gradingthefirstpresidentialdebate

Obama vs. McCain (Oxford, Misssissippi Debate)

After reading the two articles it seems as if the writers believed this debate was not very intriguing. The debate took place in Oxford, Mississippi and included Barack Obama, John McCain and moderator Jim Lehrer. Some of the topics that were debated about were foreign policy, national security and the financial crisis, which affected whether or not McCain would be even attending this debate. The articles did not give a clear winner but gave McCain overall a B- and Obama an A-. It states that McCain started off constantly coughing, was very edgy and was never really in the offense. McCain only had the advantage when he spoke about taxes and spending. He also talked abot how Obama never went to Iraq nor did he have any willingness to visit dictators. Viewers saw that McCain was given a blow when Obama mentioned McCain supporting President George Bush's budgets. I watched some highlights of the debate and as stated in the article, I also noticed that McCain constantly said, "You don't understand" and Obama constantly said, "You're right" before he said his point of view towards a topic. McCain constantly tried to show Obama's lack of experience but anytime this occured Obama mentioned McCain linking to Bush, which I feel put Obama in the offense. Obama spoke with much confidence, avoided humor and evaded mistakes. Barack Obama put up a great debate and hopefully can continue this into Nashville, Tennesse.

Debate #1

http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/gradingthefirstpresidentialdebate
This article analyzed each candidate's substance, style, offense, defense, and overall job and gave each letter grades.
The writer favoured Obama, giving him an overall grade of A- while giving McCain a B-.
When commenting on McCain, the writer said that the speech was too cluttered.
When the writer began commenting on Obama, it was like he was praising God. Okay that's an exaggeration. But he left the negative Obama comments to a minimum. He felt wrote that Obama was respectful, knowledgable, composed, and well prepared. He's perfect.

http://voanews.com/english/2008-09-27-voa22.cfm
I liked this review more because it did not take one side. Most reviews claimed that there was no real winner and that the two candidates had a "tie". This mentions different things that the candidates did, and said how they could either be seen one way, positively, or another way, negatively. The article showed no favoritism.


I didn't watch the whole debate and I don't know much about either candidate, so I'm just basing what I'm about to say on the part of the debate that I saw.

McCain did seem temperamental. He was a little rude, making a lot of negative comments, which I don't like. I think negative comments are bad. Then again, they might be true and I don't really know.
McCain was unappealing, but he did show that he knows a lot (even though the writer of the first article didn't think so). Whether or not he's going to do great things, I don't know, but he seemed to know what he was talking about. He had details, and I don't remember Obama getting into specifics. It was just hard to understand him and what he was trying to say. It was kind of like he was throwing out facts, but not really explaining what he wanted to do to change anything. Maybe you can't blame him because it must be hard to change things right away. I don't understand politics too well yet, so I can't be sure.

As for Obama, he's definitely a good speaker. He's pretty poetic when he speaks. He kept calm and cool, but he seemed "all talk" to me. When he spoke, everything was very idealistic. He is a wonderful speaker, though. I think that speaking in simple words and still being able to get your point across is a skill. ("A smart person can make an easy thing seem complicated, but a genious can make a complicated thing seem simple") I don't really remember Obama getting into specifics of what he's going to do. I remember him talking like "Things need to change, we need to improve, we need to do better...", but I don't remember him saying any specific details. I think he did that purposely though. He also seemed pretty knowledgable. I just don't know what it is he wants to do.

That Was So Stimulating

I admit; the first half of the debate was incredibly boring. I had braced myself when I clicked on the link to watch our nation’s future unfold before my eyes and I had a horrible time staying awake. Both candidates were dancing around the moderator’s questions about the financial crisis. Obama appealed to the middle and lower class citizens when he spoke of a day when college would finally be affordable by anyone, yet he did not clarify on what he would have to sacrifice in order for that to happen. McCain stuck to his point that Washington was corrupted and full of greed.

However when the moderator threw in foreign affairs, McCain and Obama began to talk quite a lot faster and the stuttering commenced. As The New York Times editorial mentioned, it was a little disturbing to hear McCain talk about progress in Iraq, and he stuck to his claims that invading Iraq was necessary and not a mistake. Obama, of course, mentioned how McCain supported the Bush administration yet his own claims to bring troops back were not detailed enough to support his statement. However he adamantly said that he thought from the beginning that invading Iraq was a mistake.

In the end, McCain pushed his knowledge and experience forward, and I won’t regret saying that Obama looked a little rushed and lost some of his cool that he had in the beginning of the debate. However, Obama held his own, mostly because of his modern vocabulary, free of army terms that were used twenty years ago. Many reviewers agreed that McCain might’ve pushed his old understanding too far and came across as someone stuck in the past. I would say that Obama won this round, but I too think that it was a very narrow victory. It would've been nice if McCain didn't play coy and met Obama's eyes one in a while, but maybe he was just acting hard to get.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/27/AR2008092700059.html?hpid=topnews&sid=ST2008092601943&s_pos=

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/27/opinion/27sat1.html?_r=1&ref=opinion&oref=slogin

First Presidential Debate

The first presidential debate was held in Oxford, Mississippi. This debate was favored for McCain's win because the topic was about foreign policy and national security. However, with the economic emergency happening, candidates were allowed to address the issue. I believe neither candidate delivered a knockout but landed some blows. McCain gave the impression of hostile attacks on Obama claiming that lacks the "knowledge and experience to be President." However, Obama kept his cool and launched some counter attacks of his own labeling McCain an extension to the Bush Administration. Neither candidate offered specifics on the economic crisis but Obama seemed more comfortable on this topic than McCain. When it comes to foreign policy, voters feel more comfortable with McCain. McCain claims that Obama is inexperienced when it comes to foreign affairs. Obama did hold his ground with this issue. I believe that Friday’s debate was a draw because neither candidate gave clear responses to the subjects. I believe that this debate was about tactics and strategies. McCain was more tactical because he tried to pick fights with Obama about foreign policy. Obama was being a strategist focusing on the vision of the country and bringing up the damage the war has caused to America.

Articles:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/27/debate.analysis/index.html

http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1845114,00.html

presidential debates

Senator Barack Obama and Senator John McCain had their first debate friday night on the campus of Mississippi University. In this article, It was about how both got on each others cases, like how both criticizes one another. One thing that caught my eye was how McCain said that Obama was a naïve and presumptuous upstart who "doesn't seem to understand" the threats to the U.S. around the world. During the debate both candidates had all their sayings to one another. Like how both each would use money on different things. McCain for defense and entitlements and Obama for health care, etc.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Story?id=5900287&page=2

The next article is about who won the Mississippi debate. So far McCain went in the debate strong, but as for now Obama came in and had the W in the Mississippi debate. During the debate Obama complimented McCAin at least Five times, saying "Senator McCain is right. . . . " for that Obama was not trying to be all confrontational.Because the poeple in the swing states say that they don't like confrontation debates. So, Obama was being smart about that. There were many more differences between Obama and McCain but, Obama came out more victorious in the end of this debate.

http://www.opednews.com/articles/2/Who-won-the-Mississippi-de-by-Jane-Stillwater-080928-387.html

Presidential Debate

The first article I read stated that "McCain was supposed to have the edge." In the article, Obama is also said to be more comfortable and confident when it came down to economy. But when the topic changed to War/Iraq, McCain showed to be more dominant. Hmm, I wonder why.. The author of this article is neutral about both parties because he states that the debate was a tie and that both party had their strong points in the debate. McCain also tried to convince the viewers that Obama was unready and inexperienced. But that was very ignorant of him since the author of this article considered to be a tie.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/27/debate.analysis/index.html

The second article first talks about how each canidate tried to advertise their campaign by dissing the other party. Obama's commercial stated that McCain hasn't talked about the "middle-class" during the whole debate. Meanwhile, McCain's commerical showed clips of Obama during the election, agreeing to some of McCain's points and arguments. Also in this article, 51% was said of viewers to think that Obama did the better job, while 38% thought that McCain was more dominant. The problem with that was, these questions were asked from people who only watched the debate, and most of them were Democrats. Overall, this author was neutral and state that either party was more dominant than the other.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/us-election/each-side-claims-victory-in-debate/2008/09/28/1222540246519.html

Presidential Debate

So, basically the first presidential debate in Oxford, Mississippi, was pretty unsatisfactory. Neither candidate really made a knockout. And I’d have to say, when it comes down to it, Obama did seem to beat McCain on the topic of economics. However, when the subject switched to foreign policy, McCain seemed much more comfortable. When it came to foreign policy, Obama came off as extremely inexperienced. This is likely the reason why the majority of people are much more comfortable with McCain as commander-in-chief.

I did seem to get the impression that McCain was coming off as a bit hostile in his attacks on Obama. I realize that this was purely for strategic purposes, but it seemed to give him a bad impression. Also, whereas Obama always spoke firmly and looked directly into the camera, McCain hardly ever did.

Overall, I’d have to give the win to Obama. I’d say it’s probably because he came off as the type of person who cares more about the people. Admittedly though, neither candidate ended with flying colors. Probably the only people that changed their minds after the debate were the people that were already going to.

Articles:
http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1845114,00.html

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/27/debate.analysis/index.html

First Presidentail Debate

The first article talks about how the debate was suppose to focus on foreign policy which would have given McCain the upper hand. But due to the present economic crisis the first 40 minutes were spent addressing possible solutions which is one of the topics Obama feels most comfortable discussing. It became very clear that McCain has more experience when it came down to foreign policy. McCain criticized Obama for being inexperienced and in turn Obama tied McCain to the Bush Administration.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/27/debate.analysis/index.html


The second article talks about Obama being just as knowledgeable about foreign policy as McCain and even more knowledgeable and better suited to deal with the economic crisis. McCain was more tactical and aggressive but most of it involved misstating Obama's position about topics such as raising taxes on the middle class and invading Pakistan. Obama was more strategical and criticized McCain of big issues. Obama admitted when he agreed with McCain but rarely even acknowledged Obama.

http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1845114,00.html

September 26, 2008; Presidential debate part I

The first article said that the debate seemed as a draw. Obama seemed to be more confident and responded to the issues more knowledgeably than McCain did, mostly throughout the whole debate. However, McCain scored more points on the foreign affairs issue and grew his confidence on the issue about national security as well. On the other hand, Obama had a stronger voice dealing with the economic issue. He did a pretty good job on talking about the national security, but was weakened a little when the subject came into foreign affairs. Obama is a better public speaker and directly confront most of the challenges while McCain started of with a shaky voice. He seemed to be lacking of confidence in some parts of the debate and he barely made an eye contact to Obama.
According to the article, the results between the two were pretty much equal. Both candidates had their strong and weaknesses points on dealing with certain issues.

http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/09/obama_mccain_debate_closing_a.html

Second article is opinion-based once again. The writer of the article believe that Obama won the 1st presidential debate. The debate happened in Oxford Mississippi September 26, 2008. First of all, McCain was more offensive and was "playing to his base," reporter from Topeka said. He kept on talking about his experiences dealing with war. It was alright at first because talking about his experience made a stronger point and boost his confidence on the foreign affairs issue. But it then got annoying later on. Obama, on the other hand, came off as being very mild-mannered. He also appears to be more a darling to the media and American people. 20 minutes before the debate, Obama arrived at the venue and walked the last 50 feet waving at the journalists as he walked. On the contrast, no one caught even a glimpse of McCain as he entered the building 10 minutes before the debate started. McCain got out of his vehicle and was pulled into this special white Secret Service-supplied tent. Another difference between Obama and McCain was their supporters. The people who were wearing Obama buttons looked like normal people while the people wearing McCain buttons looked like Barbie and Ken. All in all, the writer seems to like Obama more because he is more approachable to the people. McCain seems like a little full of himself and is not much of a people person.

http://www.opednews.com/articles/1/Who-won-the-Mississippi-de-by-Jane-Stillwater-080928-387.html

`08 Debate

A debate between Barack Obama and John McCain was held on the 26th of September, 2008 at the University of Mississippi in Oxford. The 90 minute debate was pretty intense. Both candidates finally had the chance to express how they feel about our world today and show off their ability to become our nation's president. I feel as if Obama led the debate real well rather than McCain. Obama talked a lot about our economic crisis and was real focused about it. He was definitely calm and delivered very good answers. Obama also admitted that John McCain was right on a few occasions. On the other hand, McCain was more so focused on foreign policy. In the beginning of the debate, Obama served a strong topic about economical issues. He seemed to have pointed out that it would be the most important topic to discuss first. Later in the debate, McCain came rushing in strongest about foreign policies. "In a CBS News poll, uncommitted voters see Barack as the debate winner. When it comes to the economy, 66% say Barack would make the right decisions versus 42% for McCain.” (CBS NEWS). I personally think that by watching the debate gave me a better perspective on who will be the better president rather than reading a few articles. With less than a month and a few days to go, we Americans will soon realize who will take on to become our next nation’s president.


Articles: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/09/26/entertainment/e132746D98.DTL&hw=friday+debates&sn=001&sc=1000
CNN news & YAHOO!

The Debate

The first article talks about how the debate took place in Oxford, Mississippi. Both senators discuss the foreign policy and the U.S economy. They interpreted both candidates and thought that Obama seemed more comfortable on talking about this topic than McCain. On the polls, it shows that most voters have more trust in Obama when it comes to the economy than McCain. On the other hand, for McCain, most voters insist on him rather than Obama, in dealing with terrorism and Iraq. As of now, they have said Friday's debate seemed as a draw, until next time.


http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/27/debate.analysis/index.html


In the Second article that i read, McCain criticizes Obama by saying he's naive and "doesn't seem to understand" the threats going on to the U.S around the world. McCain showed that he had more experience in foreign issues. During the debate both candidates showed lots of potential, but you can't really determine who seems to be the better person for the position yet. Obama said that he would spend more money on health care, infrastructure and energy development. Then for McCain, he would rather spend more money on defense and entitlements.


http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Story?id=5900287&page=1

Mississippi Debate

This first article just talks about how Obama won the debate but for different reasons. This article was in the journalists point of veiw. She was talking about how Obamas supporters looked like real people, unlike McCains supporters which looked like Barbie and Ken. She described how on the arrival of the two debaters, most of the people were clapping and waving at Obama, but when McCain walked in, it was complete silence. She mentioned that during the debate, McCains team had been taking in what Obama said, and then on their laptops print out rebuttals on blue paper and had been handing them out to people. She said at first it was a very clever idea, but after the 10 or11th blue paper, it started to become annoying. She was for Obama and decided that he had won the debate.

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Who-won-the-Mississippi-de-by-Jane-Stillwater-080928-387.html



This second article talked about how both candidates had their little highlights but no one really delivered. The debate on September 26, 2008 was mostly about foreign policy, iraq, economic bailout, nd more. The polls said that voters had more confidence in Obama when it came to economy, but when the subject changed to terrorism in Iraq, polls said that most voters had confidence in McCain. There are 3 more debates to go that surely all the voters are very eager to watch.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/27/debate.analysis/index.html

Obama wins debate, but only because he looked slightly less dead.

The majority of the debate was rather dull, even for politics. Both candidates stuck to their talking points and did little to really justify their positions. There was much talk of main street vs. wall street, taxes vs. spending, how McCain was a Bush clone, how Obama was inexperienced, ect. No one really stuck out their neck or took off the gloves.

But talking points really weren't what this debate came down to. I’ll give this win to Obama because he managed to come across as, if not likable, than at least competent. He also managed to adequately explain away one of the McCain campaign’s major criticisms, that he would sit down with hostile leaders without preconditions. He was able to point out that “without preconditions” did not mean sitting down to tea with these hostile leaders, as McCain had often portrayed the position, but was in fact meeting with them without setting prerequisites.

All in all I would say that this debate is only going to change the minds of those who wanted a reason to change them. Nothing really important was said, no one yelled, no one died, I call for a do-over.

Articles
-http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-campaign_5ssep28,0,1275162.story

-http://www.smh.com.au/news/us-election/each-side-claims-victory-in-debate/2008/09/28/1222540246519.html

9/26 Debate

According to Yahoo! News, McCain scored an overall grade of B-, while Obama scored an A- on the first presidential debate. McCain's arguments were ambiguous and at times hard to follow. He would graze over the topic, but never really go into depth about it. He talked a lot about the economy, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Russia and then eventually got more into detail about foreign policy. His speech style came across as awkward, cluttered, jumpy, and often muddled. There were many moments when he was overtly laughing and mocking Obama, claiming Obama was inexperienced and uninformed, while utterly confident of his own experience, knowledge and policies. As for Obama, he presented more details on foreign policy and was eager to express his views, though he did not present all the specifics some voters wanted to hear. His speaking style was confident, polished, and focused. He was well prepared and showed that he had knowledge on all of the issues. So much so that at times his answers even seemed too rehearsed. He often linked McCain to Bush, using that tactic as his main method of attack. He even remained cool and collected when attacked by McCain, defending himself with obvious preparation and sharp answers.
According to another article from the Associated Press on Yahoo! News, the debate's primary focus, foreign policy, was supposed to be McCain's major advantage and a challenge for Obama. But Obama stood his ground and showed that he was comfortable and knowledgeable of what was supposed to be his toughest subject, taking the stonger stance during the first part of the debate. McCain took over for the last hour, since foreign policy was his strong point.
Personally, I was not very into the debate and found it most interesting when both senators attacked one another and their dislikes for one another showed through to the audience.

1st Presidential Debate

The first presidential debate of 2008 took place on September 26, at the University of Mississippi in Oxford. The 90 minute debate featured the two presidential candidates, Republican John McCain and Democrat Barrack Obama, and was moderated by Jim Lehrer of PBS. Although Iraq and the nation's growing economic crisis were the main topics of the debate, both candidates made several accusations and biting remarks about one another. To begin the debate, Obama indirectly blamed McCain for the growing financial crisis of the nation by comparing his rival to President Bush. Obama reasoned that McCain's support for our current president will only lead to more financial problems in the future. Later in the debate, McCain focused on Obama's age, calling him inexperienced. McCain stated that Obama would be an unsafe president for the hard times that the nation is experiencing.
If I was to watch the debate without any background information on the two candidates, i would probably lean towards Obama, based on how well he handled the questions and offensive comments. At the very beginning, McCain began coughing and stumbled over a couple words. His ideas were also somewhat hard to follow and comprehend at some points of the debate. Obama appeared to have been very calm and collected. Personally, i feel that Obama took charge of the debate for the most part. Overall, I felt that this debate was interesting. It was funny to see both candidates make negative remarks about each other. I expected the candidates to argue more about their opinions on the very controversial issues of today. But, instead both candidates spent majority of the 90 minutes trying to make the opposing side look bad.


Articles:
The New York Times
C-SPAN

Debate

The first Presidential Debate of 2008 between John McCain and Barack Obama was held in Oxford, Mississippi on the night of September 26.

The first article stated that neither side delivered any "knockout punches." Each side had certain parts where they shined, but nothing crucial enough to determine a concrete winner. The first topic of the debate was how each candidate would handle the collapse of the financial system. Neither were able to provide a sufficient answer regarding this topic. Obama said he would scale back, but still want to spend money on certain areas such as health care and energy development. McCain said he would cease all spending except for large areas such as entitlements and defense. Despite the fact that neither was able to make much of an impact, each side still threw their attacks. McCain claimed that Obama doesn't understand potential threats to the U.S. around the world. Obama criticized McCain for singing "bomb bomb bomb" once at a town hall meeting.

The second article started that McCain was supposed to have an advantage going into the debate because it was mainly focusing on foreign policy and national security. However, the recent financial crisis almost canceled the entire debate. McCain said he wouldn't attend the debate unless the problem was solved. He saw enough progress, and decided to attend. The article claimed that neither candidate gave a fulfilling answer to the crisis, but Obama seemed more comfortable. It also claimed that voters are more confident in Obama regarding the economy, but McCain when it comes to foreign policy. Throughout the debate, McCain attempted to portray Obama as inexperienced, while Obama tried to tie McCain in with the Bush Administration.

In my opinion, nobody won this debate; it was tie. Both sides failed to address the main topic in question, which is the financial crisis.

First article: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Story?id=5900287&page=1

Second article: http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/27/debate.analysis/index.html

Debate #1

The first presidential debate, held at University of Mississippi in Oxford, focused on foreign policy and national security. The first 40 minutes of the debate was on the economy, i liked what Barack Obama had to say on all the tax cuts and how he wanted to improve the schooling in America. In the debate you can see that Barack Obama was more comfortable in his topics then John McCain. Polling shows that voters have more confidence in Obama than McCain when it comes to the economy. McCain had more people confident when the discussion turned to his subject: foreign policy. When it comes to terrorism and Iraq, voters prefer McCain over Obama. The debate is closed as a draw because not one side did a bad job, but also none of them were straight forward with their answers. Both Obama and McCain accused eachother of streching the truth or in other words lying. McCain used his age as a way to make Obama look stupid, giving examples of different events he has been through like war. McCain in my opion is a sore loser, he couldnt look Obama in the eyes durining the debate showing a weak side, maybe beacause Obama is the New and McCain is the Old and he notices theat.

http://www.cspan.org/Politics/

2008 Presidential Election

The two presidential candidates went head to head in the first presidential debate on Friday September 26, 2008. The debate was originally on foreign policy and national security, but due to the economic crisis that the U.S. has recently entered, the topic was changed. As I was watching the debate, i realized that each candidate was answering the questions in a very vague manor. There was no straight forward answers. It's smart because the viewers can interpret it anyway, but at the same time its annoying because you never get the exact answer you want. I loved the parts when McCain was talking and Obama would interrupt thinking he wouldn't get time to get his point of view out to the world. Looking back at the whole debate, there wasn't really a clear winner. Both candidates answered the questions well, but neither went over and beyond. There was no moment where I was very impressed with the answers given. Many articles say that Obama won, but some also calim that McCain won soley on the fact that he has more expirience in other areas. Overall, the debate was okay. The most interesting part was seeing wether the candidates would tackle each other. You could see in their eyes the hatred they have towards each other and how much they want to win. So in the end, we will have to wait until the next debate to see more into the personality and point of views of the candidates.

Articles:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/27/debate.analysis/index.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/presidentialdebates/3090470/US-presidential-debate-Barack-Obama-and-John-McCain-clash-over-foreign-policy.html

The Debate.

The first article that I read was about how Barak Obama did better in the 2008 Presidential Election Debate on Friday September 26, 2008. A USA today poll showed that 46% of the people who watched the debate said that Barak Obama did better and 34% of the people who watched the debate said that John McCain did better. The watchers also said that Barak Obama had better proposals to change the country’s problems. The poll said that 21% of the watchers got a better view of John McCain, 21% got a negative view of him and 56% said it didn’t change their opinion.

In the second article I read the two candidates both criticized each other. John McCain said that Obama doesn't understand the difference between a tactic and a strategy. Barak Obama said he absolutely understands the difference between tactics and strategy. John McCain from his experience overseas tried to show that he is the more qualified candidate. Barak Obama criticized the Bush Administration and also said the economic crisis is the "final verdict on eight years of failed economic policies promoted by George Bush. Obama said that John McCain supports George Bush’s policies.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=5902766&page=1

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/26/debate.friday/index.html

Debate

The CNN and ABC News articles talk about how the candidates did in their first presidential debate at Oxford. According to the articles, there was not really any severe knockout punches between the two and the debate ended pretty much in a tie. Both candidates presented their views on the economy and foreign policy. Obama was more comfortable with the topic of the economy. However, neither candidates were able to say what specifically they would do to deal with the economy. The topic of the economy lasted for forty minutes. The rest of the debate was about foreign policy. When the questions about foreign policy came up, McCain did a better job. McCain showed how he was more experienced with foreign issues. He constantly said that Obama is naive and "doesn't seem to understand" when it comes to foreign policy. Obama responded with comparing McCain to the Bush administration. My thoughts on this debate are that none of the candidates really impressed me. I think that my guy, Obama, did not do as well as I thought he would. This was his chance to show that he is the better candidate and knock McCain out of the race, but he did not. McCain did alright,but was not able to get the momentum he needed. With that said, the debate also ended in a tie according to my views.

2008 First Presidential Debate

On Friday, September 26 the first presidential debate was at University of Mississippi between Obama and McCain. Many people said Obama won the debate, others said McCain won, but it looked to me that there was more articles saying Obama won the debate. I think Obama won the debate because he seemed solid and didn't look nervous. He was confident and focused. McCain was emotional sometimes, and I think he does that so people can feel sorry about him and vote for him. But it gets me angry because when he gets emotional, his eyes blink fast like he is going to cry. On the other hand, Obama is not emotional and he is a strong speaker. McCain also said that we need to treat our veterans better. I agree, but I liked it when Obama said that we need to treat our veterans, children, students, sick and underprivileged better. I noticed that McCain hardly looked at Obama in the debate. I felt Obama looked more comfortable than McCain for much of the Debate. I also noticed that Obama sometimes agreed with McCain and McCain never at all acknowledged Obama in the entire debate. I think if Obama keeps on doing great performances like that in the next two presidential debates, he will be very tough to beat on election day.

Articles:

http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1845114,00.html


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/26/debate-reviews-go-to-obam_n_129803.html

Presidential face- off

On Friday 9/26/08 was the first debate for Senator John Mccain and Senator Barack Obama. The two of them have good reasons supported for their stand. Senator Mccain criticized Sen. Obama that "he does not understand the difference between a tactic and a strategy;" and that he has not been over to Iraq or other countries as much as Mccain has. On the first article a person said that Obama is a big government loving Socialist-Communist because “he wants government to take over healthcare. That means less choices for individuals and more power to politicians-burocrats. He wants to destroy jobs by decreasing freedom with extra regulation, higher business taxes and higher capital gains taxes and with it drive businesses out of the country.” On the other hand another viewer criticized “how can Mccain be a leader when he can’t even look at Obama in the eyes. He was being defensive during the whole debate.” As for me I like Sen. Mccain because he is very experienced. He has been in war before and was a prisoner in Vietnam for five years. He has been through so many crisis and difficulties to understand the hardship a soldier has to face. Sen. Obama speaks very well. He sounded persuasive and assure of what he is saying. But he has only been involving in politics and diplomacies for two years. Compared to Sen. Mccain, he is still new. But more important, I think a president should do what he says. I have only seen Sen. Obama speaks but has not done anything follow what he said. I think Sen. Mccain is patriotic and he deserve to win this year Presidential election.


Articles:
http://www.hulu.com/watch/36859/presidential-debate-08-presidential-debate-sep-26-2008#s-p1-st-i0

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/26/debate.friday/index.html

debate stuff is up.

vote?

I'd choose Obama

let's just see what happens.

I'm a little glad I can't vote yet, because I'd feel extremely guilty if I didn't vote for anyone.
But that's my decision, I choose not to choose.

SexuaLpinayx3

Obama.

I'd vote for Obama

Why should I vote?

All elected candidates for president do not seem worthy enough to be in office. Why couldn't there be better candidates?

McCain ftw :DD

I Vote for

Barack Obama.

don't know

obama beczue he has a sexy mole

vote for

Barrack obama...

lawl frans a cs noob

I would vote for barrack Obama,

I DONT KNOW WHAT IM DOING!

Voting for:

nobody

I voted for Obama

sawwwwp.

you know.

obama ftw.

lawlawlawlawl

No idea

i don't know who i would vote for.

Thao Dang P.1

I think i will vote for BO.

Don't be lame and vote for McCain, go insane and vote for Obama ;D

HEY

I have no idea who I'd vote for.

Ayyy

voting for i dunno? >:(

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i dont know

=] vote.

I would vote for Obama.!
because I would. !

i vote for barack Obama!!!

haaaaay!

i vote for barack obama!! :)

lalala vote

voting for Barack Obama

Why I would vote for John McCain

To give the finger to all of the vaguely intellectual pseudo-hipsters who are only going to vote for Obama based on empty rhetoric and the word of their favorite celebrities. Also because I believe in the free market and I find the likelihood of Obama encouraging a capitalistic system highly unlikely.

Barak Obama

barack obama

O Hai Gais

EDIT: Oh Sorry, I vote for Obama.

EDIT 3:

Ok, I don't know why I chose Obama. Maybe 'cause everyone else did. Or maybe 'cause it's a 'cool' thing to do now. BUT, there is the fact that only a few of us probably know the real facts about our candidates. So, I believe that this vote is biased. Because when you say 'I vote for Obama', it's more like 'OMG OBAMA LOLOLOLOLOL'. That's what I see. What about poor McCain? Just because he's old and fat doesn't make him any less deserved of our attention. They even make shirts at Urban Outfitters [that look pretty awsome] with Obama's face and sayings like 'Obama for Your Mama'. Where are the McCain shirts that say 'McCain for your Airplane'? Hm?

Oprah Winfrey ftw

2008 Election

Barack Obama!!!!!!!

barrack