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.
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