October 7, 2008
DEBATE THREAD:
* Kind of strange how much trouble Senator Obama had simply saying that Iran benefits from high oil prices, like Russia and Venezuela.
* Does Mr. Obama realize that the Court has held the line-itm veto unconstitutional?
* Nicely turned by Mr. Obama when he notes that President Bush failed to call upon a willing America to sacrifice after 9-11, but then he doesn't say what sacrifice he'll ask for. That's the gas tax opening.
* Whether he makes sense or not. Mr. McCaion shows real passion when he talks about the environment.
* The "I don't understand why we invaded Iraq" is a huge opportunity for Maverick. And then Brokaw's follow-up really hoists him. The argument that we can't stand by during genocide but should have stood by in Iraq is morally inane.
* Mr. McCain biffs it.
* Way too much time on Russia--who cares? It's a dying entity.
* That sure as heck wasn't Lincoln/Douglas, was it? We could have just had them deliver stump speeches. Why not get rid of the "moderator" for one thing?