After digesting all of the topics and information during this debate I feel like it was defiantly one sided throughout the most of it. Senator Obama was very well prepared and very well versed. Not to get me wrong, just for a little backround, I am on the right, however I feel like Senator Mccain didn't bring his "A" game. While listening to NPR, my notion of Mccain was in fact agreed upon, although they decided that the debate was a draw. For the most part Mccain was not talking about his plans or actions as president, but instead he was poking at his opponents. I feel like i learned more of what Obama plans to do as acting president and also he defended himself quite well.
On the analysis given by NPR by Mara Liasson, the corespondent, she states that Mccain laid it on thick about how he has agreed to get together with the democrats to discuss a solution to the economic problem, a.k.a the bipartisan, and she feels that it helped his case. Of course because this crisis has devastated him in the vote. On the contrary I believe that it made him show a sign of weakness because its shows that he needs help. Senator Obama didn't dwell on this subject at all.
NPR also says that both of the parties did not give any new material during this debate but instead dwelled on old ideas and would not get passed them. I feel like this is an accurate statement but only to an extent. It is true that both of them only wanted to talk about the financial crisis and even when repeatedly asked to explain other ways that spending could be cut they responded with the same things over and over. The one way that NPR was wrong is that Obama gave new details on not only his plan for tax cuts but also Mccains plans. Not only were figures thrown about but quite large and astonishing numbers were discussed.
If I were to judge from my "experiences" (watching the debate), I would give Mara Liasson and NPR an 8.5 on the accuracy and unbiased view of their coverage on the debate.
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I mostly agree with your take on the debate, although I feel that it was somewhat of a draw. McCain made many attacks on Senator Obama, re-using the phrase "I beleive Senator Obama doesn't understand that..." and Obama did indeed defend himself well, but I don't really think that Obama made any significant moves that hurt McCain's campaign other than proving that McCain was wrong about Obama himself.
As someone who is more or less on the left, I feel like Obama didn't bring his A-game either. Perhaps both candidates were saving their A-games for something else?
I fully agree with what you are saying. The one thing that stuck out the most to me in your blog was the fact that McCain was attacking Obama for so then explaining what it is he plans to do for this country. He didn't seem to answer the questions at hand and more so wanted to make Obama look bad. I think Obama played it cool and didnt play too much into what McCain had to say. Although I myself am a McCain supporter I don't beileve he looked or sounded all that great at the debates. He could have done a better job.
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