Poll Question: Who Won The Final Presidential Debate?
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.
Poll Question: Who Won The Second Pesidential Debate?
Who won the second Presidential debate?
- John McCain (50%, 27 Votes)
- Barack Obama (43%, 23 Votes)
- Draw (7%, 4 Votes)
Total Voters: 54
Loading ...I’m calling it a draw… I though Sen. McCain did much better on the economy and health care than he did in the first debate. He slammed Sen. Obama on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and challenged the assumption that is was deregulation caused the financial crisis. He completely lost me with mortgage buy up program though.
Both candidates did very well on health care. McCain made a strong pitch for free market solutions, Obama pushing a big government solution. Ditto entitlement reform.
Foreign policy and national security are John McCain’s strong suits and his saviors tonight. I had it as a draw or slight lead for Sen. Obama up until the last 30 minutes or so, McCain simply outclassed Obama. Sen. Obama still couldn’t offer a coherent policy on Russia and equivocated on support for Israel.
Ed Morrissey has a more complete recap and analysis at Hot Air. Michelle Malkin has the details on McCain’s “American Home Ownership Resurgence Plan” (AKA the $300 billion Crap sandwich light).
As an aside I thought Tom Brokaw a far better and more even handed job as moderator than either Jim Lehrer or Gwen Ifill.
70 Million Viewers – Wow
Ok so it was really only 69,989,000 but last nights Vice Presidential debate was the most watched ever.
From the the Live Feed:
Thursday’s highly anticipated face-off between Alaska governor Sarah Palin and Delaware senator Joe Biden was the most-watched vp debate of all time.
Last night’s event was seen by nearly 70 million viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research.
That’s the most-viewed debate — presidential or vp — since the second round between Bill Clinton, Ross Perot and George Bush in 1992 (and possibly the most since 1980’s famed debate between Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter).
Thursday’s event was 33% higher than Friday’s top-of-the-ticket debate between John McCain and Barack Obama. It’s 61% higher than the 2004 debate between Dick Cheney and John Edwards. And it ranks 23% higher than the former title-holder for the most-watched vp debate — the 1984 match between George Bush and Geraldine Ferrarro (56.7 million).
H/T: Flopping Aces.
Poll Question: Who Won The First Debate
Who won the first debate?
- John McCain (79%, 27 Votes)
- Barack Obama (21%, 7 Votes)
Total Voters: 34
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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.