Last Presidential Debate

Senator McCain went on the offensive quickly, criticising Obama's proposal to raise taxes on Americans who make more than $250000 a year and saying it would hurt small business owners like Joe the plumber. Senator Obama said that his plan would cut taxes for 95% of Americans and raise them only on the most fortunate Americans, while on the flip side McCain proposes to give tax breaks to major oil companies. I think this fundemental difference is what has given Obama the lead in this election and he I think he proved that point in the final debate. Obama won the debate again for the final time and of the three debates I think Obama came across as the winner. Even though I wasn't alive during the Kennedy/ Nixon race this seems to be that race all over again, when it comes to the debates at least. Obama seemed composed at all times during the debate with confidence but at the same time very humbled. On the opposing side I think McCain let his emotions get to him too much. When Obama critized his campaign rally's you could see the anger in McCain's eyes. It's not good for a leader to show emotion like that. People want to see passion not anger and theres a difference. America is in need of a fresh start and new belief and I think Obama is going to bring that to our nation and to the global community as well.

Second Presidential Debate

Tonight's debate wasn't even close unlike the first debate at Ol' Miss. Sen. Obama clearly won this debate with ease particularly when he discussed about the economy and health care problems. When Tom Brokaw asked questions, Obama showed more compassion and looked more like a leader unlike Sen. McCain who was unstable. In debates I think weakness is shown most by those who attack the most because the greatest way of defense is offense when in comes to debating and I think McCain showed that. Sometimes he was too agressive (referring to Obama as "that one") or when he couldn't answer questions (on how he would ask Americans to sacrifice), or just his attemps to crack jokes which were just bad. McCain has one last chance to show America that he should be the next president tonight. I think this is going to be the most entertaining debate of the three to say the least because I think McCain is going to bring everything to the table. He's going to be aggressive as possible to make Obama look like a foolish candidate, but to his dismay its not going to work. One quality of Sen. Obama that stands out it my mind is his stage presence; he never seems to loose his cool under attack and he won't tonight either. That's the kind of president needed in office.

Vice Presidential Debate

Going into the vice presidential debate I think America was curious to how well Palin would present herself as vice president. Before debating Palin had only done around a handful of interviews; for a reason. Palin had shown difficulty to address questions and she didn't even seem like she knew what she was talking about. My primary example would be her interview with Katie Kurric. If that doesn't scare the hell out of people I don't know what does because that interview was a complete disaster and something that should be more recognized. How can somebody be running in a presidential election and only do something like three interviews? It's ridiculous. So to get back to the debate I think a lot of pressure was on Governor Palin and to my surprise I thought she held up her own. It was obvious she made some mistakes and neglected to answer some questions but she didn't do anything dramatic that will jeopardize the campaign which sadly was her goal. Nobody thought she had a chance of winning this debate and how could she of? Senator Biden is a experienced politician who has done countless debates and even more interviews. I think Biden won the actual debate when in comes to addressing the prompters questions and arguing Palin/McCains agenda but sadly that wasn't as important to the public as watching Palin try to hold her own. So in conclusion of the debate I think Biden won when looking at the content but Palin won as well solely on the fact that many thought she wouldn't be able to hold her ground as seem presentable. This brings up my final thought. It's a fact that America loves McCain and Palin because of their family values and traditional American persona, but why should we care? What does family values have to do with running a country or being locked up in Vietnam. I look at candidates and question who would be the best leader and president, someone who could lead our country, someone who was knowlegdable and creditable. Not someone whos a hockey mom that thinks that by being a middle class American she has an edge. People shouldn't care about that. People should care about what really matters, the qualities of a good president.