If the Presidential election was a baseball game, we'd be entering the 7th inning stretch and the good guys are winning 3-0. Last night, Barack Obama demonstrated his ability to lead this nation and restore the American Dream. And he demonstrated that because he understands what it means. There are a few things that struck me last night which clearly illustrate the differences between the candidates.
The general disposition of John McCain was angry. While there seems to be the basic agreement that he must do something dramatically to rescue his failing candidacy, the strategy to "take the gloves off and keep the heels on" just doesn't seem to wear well with him. At times he sounds shrill. On the other hand, Barack's composure, thoughtfulness and understanding of the issues is evident and reminds one of JFK. In addition, he also proved that he can take a punch and deliver one too.
Which leads me to my next observation, Obama's comeback with "bomb,bomb,Iran" clearly made McCain look feeble. Especially, just before Obama delivered that line he praised McCain and McCain said thank you and then Obama pointed out the reckless comments that McCain has made on Iraq, North Korea and Afghanistan. McCain, trying to be cute by saying "thank you" set himself up and probably never thought that Obama would come at him that way but he did.
The difference in age was very evident last night. McCain truly came across as being out of touch while it was evident why Obama's appeal is so great. McCain's reference to Obama as "that one", when talking about a vote in the Senate was unbelievable and sounded like something my grandparents would have said.
During the last question, I thought Obama did an excellent job in telling his life story which illustrated his ability to understand what people are going through today be cause he lived economic struggles as a child. McCain's attempt to do the same just sounded hollow.
One other the thing that has really stuck with me, when the debate was over both candidates and their wives were on the stage. Both Barack and Michelle Obama went around and shook hands with the audience. McCain went around and shook hands but his wife did not. It was like it was beneath her to mix with the common folk. It's also worth noting that the Obamas stood there for awhile taking pictures and shaking hands with the audience while the McCain's made a qucik exit.
We have them on the run. Let's keep the heat on. Obama '08!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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