Who won the final Presidential debate?
- John McCain (70%, 91 Votes)
- Barack Obama (28%, 36 Votes)
- Neither/Draw (2%, 3 Votes)
Total Voters: 130
Loading ...Overall I thought this was John McCain’s best debate. Unfortunately, I don’t think it was a game changer. In fact I think the plumber, Joe Wurzelbacher, was the only real winner.
A couple of quick points:
1) The Secret Service says they have yet to find anyone who can backup that Scranton ‘Kill Him’ Report.
[Secret Service agent] Bill Slavoski said he was in the audience, along with an undisclosed number of additional secret service agents and other law enforcement officers and not one heard the comment.
“I was baffled,” he said after reading the report in Wednesday’s Times-Tribune.
He said the agency conducted an investigation Wednesday, after seeing the story, and could not find one person to corroborate the allegation other than Singleton.
Slavoski said more than 20 non-security agents were interviewed Wednesday, from news media to ordinary citizens in attendance at the rally for the Republican vice presidential candidate held at the Riverfront Sports Complex. He said Singleton was the only one to say he heard someone yell “kill him.”
“We have yet to find someone to back up the story,” Slavoski said. “We had people all over and we have yet to find anyone who said they heard it.”
2) Can we please put that 47 million uninsured myth to rest?
Michelle Malkin has a brief debate wrap up here. Jeff Emanuel has commentary and analysis @ Red State.
Morning After Updates
Ed Morrissey has post debate analysis and a run down of Obama’s big lies @ Hot Air. Karl Rove says Obama hasn’t closed the sale and the Wall Street Journal editorial board says Joe the Plumber cuts to the heart of the Presidential choice.
Overall I thought McCain won on points… Although it was closer than it should have been. McCain clearly won on foreign policy but on the economy it was at best a draw.
McCain needs to drop the populist rhetoric and stand up for conservative economic principles… In particular he needs to hit Obama on his ignorance of supply-side theory and explain how his tax cuts will, in the long term, promote economic growth and increase revenue to the treasury.
On the credit crisis he needs to make the point, repeatedly, that the Bush Administration proposed legislation in 2003 to rein in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and Democrats blocked it… He also needs to remind voters that he cosponsored the Federal Housing Enterprise Regulatory Reform Act along with Chuck Hagel, John Sununu, and Elizabeth Dole that would have tightened oversight of Fannie & Freddie and Democrats blocked it!
He should also hit the Federal Reserve Board and the Bush Administration on monetary policy.
On the stylistic side he needs to make eye contact with Barack Obama in future debates… That’s one thing really bugged me to last night. McCain’s refusal to look at Senator Obama made him look stiff and dismissive of the Senator.