Last night the two major party candidates went head to head in the battle to become President of Joe the Plumber. I'd go into Joe Wurzelbacher's ideas -- at a press conference he announced he opposes Social Security, for example -- but suffice it to say that he's pretty far to the right. The Plumbers Union endorses Barack Obama, by the way, but Joe doesn't really strike me as a union man. At the same press conference (which I watched on CNN but apparently isn't on the web as of this writing), Joe Wurzelbacher said he wasn't going to endorse anyone.Not surprisingly, no one was waiting for Wurzelbacher's opinion when it came to deciding who won the debate -- Barack Obama ran away with it. CBS News polled it as a complete rout -- 53%-22%. CNN polled it a bit closer, 58%-31% -- still a slaughter. CNN's polling shows Obama taking the lead in every question but two -- and those two were negatives.
...Eighty percent of debate watchers polled said McCain spent more time attacking his opponent, with seven percent saying Obama was more on the attack. Fifty-four percent said McCain seemed more like a typical politician during the debate, with 35 percent saying Obama acted more like a typical politician.
It may be that McCain's negativity going into this was really what killed him. "This was Sen. John McCain's best debate yet," wrote Taegan Goddard. "He scored many points and effectively distanced himself from President Bush with the comment, 'I am not president Bush. If you want to run against president Bush, you should have done that four years ago.' It was probably the only memorable soundbite from any of the debates." Yet his best wasn't anywhere good enough...
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read your comment....I say this you should study poitics more....And the U.S. History even more.....Eloquent speakers do not make a president.....Doer's and men of inititive make good presidents...Obama is going to turn this country for the worse. it will become so by partisan on the side of the none doer's and pocket pickers that we will all go downhill .....CNN is like the n.y times....and one sided....I doubt even if they post my reply.
Anyone who says that good speakers aren't good presidents doesn't get to tell anyone to study history. Lincoln, Kennedy, Jefferson all come to mind.
You know what's really killing McCain? That none of his supporters ever come up with anything good to say about him. We're not electing the president of "Obama sucks" here.
Why don't you come back when you can think of a reason to vote for McCain, instead of against Obama.
It'll take a while to come up with one, but there are still a couple of weeks left.
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