The Official 1st Presidential Debate Thread

[LL2]

It's good Jim Lehrer is the moderater...he comes across and fair and balanced

[Freak Out]

It's good Jim Lehrer is the moderater...he comes across and fair and balanced

He is.

[HowardRoark]

McCain is doing a lot better than I thought he would.

[GrnBay007]

I just tuned in. Have they discussed the economy yet?

[MJZiggy]

Yes. They're gonna get that fixed.

[hoosier]

Jim Lehrer is ancient and tired and needs to be replaced. McCain looks ancient and the straight talk express is now a local.

[falco]

come on will no one unleash some witty quote

[MJZiggy]

Jim Lehrer is ancient and tired and needs to be replaced. McCain looks ancient and the straight talk express is now a local.

I feel like I'm being talked down to.

[Harlan Huckleby]

Jim Lehrer is ancient and tired and needs to be replaced. McCain looks ancient and the straight talk express is now a local.

ya, we need somebody fresh and shiny like Barack Obama. And when is Keith Olbermann going host one of these things?

[hoosier]

Jim Lehrer is ancient and tired and needs to be replaced. McCain looks ancient and the straight talk express is now a local.

I feel like I'm being talked down to.

I wonder if that's because there's no visible audience. It leaves the candidates unsure of whether to respond to Lehrer, their rival or the TV camera.

[hoosier]

Jim Lehrer is ancient and tired and needs to be replaced. McCain looks ancient and the straight talk express is now a local.

ya, we need somebody fresh and shiny like Barack Obama. And when is Keith Olbermann going host one of these things?

You think Lehrer is doing a good job???

[BallHawk]

Thoughts.....

McCain is a much better debater than I thought he would be.

Lehrer wasn't that good as a moderator. In the beginning he was trying to force Obama and McCain to get going with each other. Like getting two teenagers together and forcing them to dance with each other. Doesn't work.

CNN's gadgets and polling are pointless.

Obama looked good on foreign policy tonight.

Both came across weak on the economy.

[Harlan Huckleby]

sure, Lehrer did an excellent job. what more would you want?

[hoosier]

Thoughts.....

McCain is a much better debater than I thought he would be.

Lehrer wasn't that good as a moderator. In the beginning he was trying to force Obama and McCain to get going with each other. Like getting two teenagers together and forcing them to dance with each other. Doesn't work.

CNN's gadgets and polling are pointless.

Obama looked good on foreign policy tonight.

Both came across weak on the economy.

Except for a few moments I thought McCain was terrible. He was slow to respond, at times struggled to stay on task and be coherent. He repeated the same lines over and over ("What Senator Obama doesn't understand..."). Obama, I thought, was far clearer and more convincing on economic reform, and managed to battle McCain to a draw on foreign policy thanks to "Afghanistan."

[hoosier]

sure, Lehrer did an excellent job. what more would you want?

Uh, what more wouldn't you want?