Alissa and I (and Paige from our group)went up to Newark Delaware to watch the 2nd presidential debate tonight at Timothys. Delaware for Obama had organized a debate watch party there. They had a great turnout, with 50+ people all eating (1/2 price nachos and $.35 wings) and drinking and watching the debate. Overall, I think the debate went very well. Obama came across very well, and did a better job of connecting with viewers (without the need for jokes about hairplugs :) ). In the end, McCain needed a game changing moment, and it certainly was not. My biggest complaint would be with the debate layout and moderator. Brokaw added absolutely nothing to this debate. His strictly adhering to the "no follow ups/responses" rule made it much less exciting and interesting of a debate than it could have been. So far this year, the only moderator who came even close to doing their job was Jim Lehr. In the end though, as in the previous debates, the Obama-Biden team performed very well and I would bet brought a few more undecideds over to their side. To McCain's credit, he did not get as dirty as his campaign has in the past few days, as I was expecting him to.
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