Aaron Poeze

We we finally come to the third US Presidential debate, This one was done with a more intimate style with McCain, Obama and the moderator sitting at the one table.

For once it was a little more animated. I would dare to say it was the best debate of the three. Some more difficult questions were asked and bold statements made. There was a lot of talk about the economy and taxes. Some talk covered abortions, education and the negative campaigning.

McCain partly made good on his promise go go in swinging. Unfortunately his idea of swinging is my idea of lame. It’s almost like he lets the strength drain out of his punches at the last second. The other problem is the negativity doesn’t look good and Obama is a very good defender. McCain actually had some energy at first but he seemed to run out of steam later on. He made good use of the anecdotal “Joe the plumber” although perhaps overused it. I noticed he had to catch himself back from that ‘maverick’ word, preferring ‘reformer’ instead. Obama performed very well keeping calm and focused and was obviously better prepared for what McCain would say. He seemed a bit aloof at first which is a terrible fault for such a debate but warmed up quite quickly.

Again bull was flung around. I was pleased Obama restated the $4Billion for oil companies properly thereby avoiding the lie spouting in previous debates. But he still told some whoppers, as did McCain.

Obama won this debate but the margin was small. Unfortunately McCain really needed a big win here, and if not in the debate then somewhere else to improve his chances at the election.

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