townhall.com - 9/27/2008
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I wrote a bit below about what I thought was "sticking" in the media's wrap-up of the debate, but I want to write a post about something I thought was fairly powerful but isn't getting a ton of play.It started when...
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Obama’s Evolving Afghanistan Excuses
Ankle Biting Pundits —
Amanda Carpenter points to Sen. Barack Obama’s curious response during last night’s presidential debate to the question of why he has never held a subcommittee hearing on Afghanistan. Obama seemed to claim that he has never held such a hearing on Afghanistan—which he accuses others of having taken their eye off of—because it wasn’t his job, and besides, that’s what he has Joe Biden for.
“Look, I’m very proud of my vice presidential selection, Joe Biden, who is the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and as he explains, and as John well knows, the issues of Afghanistan, the issues of Iraq, ...
Carol Platt Liebau: The Morning After
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog —
In the aftermath of a debate where neither candidate scored a "knockout punch" -- i.e., a gaffe or a one-liner that could be easily replayed on television and radio -- both sides are presenting a series of competing memes about the debate. The left's set of talking points was laid out well by the once-reliable Chris Matthews on MSNBC. The big one? McCain somehow was "disrespecting" Barack by not looking at him during the debate (wonder how long it will take before that becomes a racial thing in the eyes of the lefties?) In truth, McCain isn't the creature of television that Barack is, and was probably simply trying to look into the camera and at the ...
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Debate Reviews Go To Obama
huffingtonpost.com 9/27/2008 — Several positive reviews for Obama. A CBS News instant poll finds:
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Candidates Clash on Economy and Iraq
nytimes.com 9/27/2008 — Barack Obama and John McCain mixed disdain and often caustic remarks as they set out sharply different views of how they would manage the country and confront adversaries. >
Running mates as surrogates
washingtonmonthly.com 9/27/2008 — RUNNING MATES AS SURROGATES.... After a debate, campaigns generally want high-profile figures telling the media how great their candidate did. And as a rule, it's hard to top the running mates as high-profile figures. It was pretty interesting, then, ...
Debate Scorecard
corner.nationalreview.com 9/27/2008 — View As Web Page
McCain: A- (the minus for the tax discussion)
Obama: Solid C
McCain won, hands down, particularly when the conversation shiffted to war and national security. McCain was comfortable, fluent, principled and direct. Obama was weak and ...
With Debate, Candidates Shore Up Political Pitches —
FOXNews.com 9/27/2008
The presidential candidates, in their first face-off of the general election race, set the stage for the final 38 days of the presidential race by returning to themes of experience and judgment and practically ensuring the economy will remain front ...
McCain ad pins Biden against Obama —
CNN Political Ticker 9/27/2008
Watch: The McCain campaign released a new ad highlighting Sens. Biden and Obama's difference on troop funding.
(CNN)—In perhaps a sign of what can be expected from next week's vice presidential debate, the McCain campaign released a new ad Saturday ...
Obama-Biden focus on 'middle class' fight —
First Read 9/27/2008
From NBC/NJ's Athena Jones and Mike Memoli GREENSBORO, NC -- Obama kept the focus on the economy Saturday, arguing at a North Carolina rally that last night’s debate showed McCain was out of touch with the concerns of ordinary Americans who ...
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