Well tonight was the town hall debate of the 3 Presidential debates, the second of three. It was great to see a media mogul, Tom Brokaw, moderate the night. Finally a moderator who told the candidates to stop being so long winded.
After how lame the first debate was, it is a good thing that they had a different format for this. Of course that doesn’t mean that this one wasn’t lame either.
Good thoughts on tonight’s debate: HERE and HERE.
One random thought I had today was about debate “winners.” I’ve come to the conclusion that there will never be an outright winner. Republicans are not going to declare Obama the winner tonight if McCain sucked and vice versa. It just isn’t going to happen. So I have absolutely no idea how a debate has a winner and a loser when partisan politics is involved. Actually, I think it is impossible.
For those of you who watched the VP debate last week, you have to watch the SNL skit HERE. No really, you have to. Probably the best SNL skit I’ve seen in 3 years.
Here are our previous conversations on the FIRST PRES DEBATE and the VP DEBATE.
Couple observations of mine:
- “Fundamental difference.” Boy am I sick of hearing that.
- John McCain really doesn’t need to call everyone his “friend.”
- This was hardly a townhall debate.
- I don’t know that either candidate ever answered a single question given them. This, to me, just became a “talking points” debate. I cannot declare a winner because of that.
I’d love to have a civil conversation here between all of you. Civil is the key word there.
- Did the new format create for a better dialogue between the two men?
- Did you hear anything new from either of the candidates?
- Was there a clear cut winner (based on your opinion on what “winning” would be)?
I know you have an opinion, so share some it.
