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The reaction shots
Ben Smith's Blog —
McCain has had some bad moments in the reaction shots.
Final Debate: McCain's Deer In The Headlight Look On Obama's Healthcare Plan
Crooks and Liars —
(h/t Jesse) Probably a good idea to study your opponent's stance when you plan to attack him on it in front of millions of potential viewers. Otherwise you end up like Grampy McCrankypants with his total deer-in-the-headlight look when Obama set him straight: Obama: I'm happy to talk to you, Joe, too, if you're out there. Here is your fine: Zero. McCain interrupts: Zero?? Obama: Zero. You won't pay a fine because as I said in our last debate, and I'll repeat John, I exempt small businesses from the requirement for large businesses that can afford to provide health care to their employees who are not doing it. I exempt small businesses from having to pay ...
Angry
Daily Kos —
Begala: "Grumpy McNasty" Gergen: "Angry" And look at McCain's "Deer in Headlights" moment:
Take Two: Two Analyses Diverge In The Woods
The Atlantic Politics Channel —
The media is replaying McCain's "I'm not President Bush line."
The CBS live focus group seems to think McCain did well.
Here's video of McCain's "deer in the headlight" moment.
Four members of Frank Luntz's 23-person focus group switched to Obama. None switched to McCain. Brit Hume did not seem happy to learn that. Science says: Eye Movements Matter. The rapid blinker during debates received fewer overall votes than his opponent. "In seven of these eight elections, the rapid blinker also lost the electoral vote and was defeated at the polls." Torie ...
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AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
It's okay, Senator McCain - my old PC does that too.
McCain Frowns, Rolls Eyes, And Blinks More Than 3,000 Times
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
Not to harp on facial expressions but Democrats are absolutely giddy (and sometimes irate) over the way McCain presented himself during tonight's debate - everything from his eye rolls to his cadence.
A Democratic researcher spent the evening counting the Arizona Republican's blinks, and tallied more than 3,000 during the night's affair -- three thousand blinks in a 90-minute time span. They even compressed a 30-second clip of those blinks into a nine second video.
Meanwhile, another Democrat sends over the clip of McCain in a "deer in the headlights" look when Obama was ...
McCain Frowns, Rolls Eyes, And Blinks More Than 3,000 Times
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
Not to harp on facial expressions but Democrats are absolutely giddy (and sometimes irate) over the way McCain presented himself during tonight's debate - everything from his eye rolls to his cadence.
A Democratic researcher spent the evening counting the Arizona Republican's blinks, and tallied more than 3,000 during the night's affair -- three thousand blinks in a 90-minute time span. They even compressed a 30-second clip of those blinks into a nine second video.
Meanwhile, another Democrat sends over the clip of McCain in a "deer in the headlights" look when Obama was ...
Ouch
Rising Hegemon —
Bad visuals from McCain, who if this was an election for King of Bad Visuals would win all focus groups. He sort of the John Merrick of Political Visuals:
Final Debate: McCain's Facial Expressions the Distraction of the Night (Video)
Tennessee Guerilla Women —
The most important aspect of the debate, in my view, was Obama's liberal insistence that it is high time that this country began to invest in its people. McCain put forth the usual conservative argument to the contrary, or it's every man, woman, and child for herself, as in Viva la Katrina! Other than his ridiculous conspiracy theory suggestion that Obama belongs to some secret cell of (socialist) terrorists, I found viewing McCain on the split screen to be exceedingly annoying. And funny. Throughout the night, I was laughing out loud (and I was not alone!) at the parade of McCain's comical facial expressions. From ...
Jesse Lee: 19 Days Out: That Line Seemed Like a Good Idea Last Night, But This Morning I Just Feel Horrible...
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
Jesse Lee is the Online Rapid Response Manager for the DNC, this is a daily update on the day's messaging.
Oh, they were so proud. After handily losing two presidential debates and one vice presidential debate, with another loss likely coming down the pike, John McCain got off what his campaign felt was simply the best line ever. Frank James of the Swamp noted, "You could see he was spring loaded on that one." Chris Cillizza of WaPo said, "In case you were wondering whether the 'I'm not President Bush' line was planned...McCain campaign sends this..." - a link to the Youtube of the clip of course. And CNN got the ...
Justin Callaway: New Media Brings More People Into the Politically Active Fold
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
The debate is over and here come the video responses. Larry Flynt and SNL aren't alone in their election opportunism, many an enterprising YouTuber has uploaded distractions aplenty before the debate to clutter your results.
Check out this one.
Sadly, one would think GooTube would allow you to sort by ratings, views and date simultaneously. But that must cut down on advertising impressions, so let us not digress.
First, the debate chunks arrive. From the unedited uploads of the debate footage. To repackaged snippets highlighting moments during the debate. Say it ain't so, but there's a new joe: "Joe the ...
