Obama, while appearing a bit tired, came across much better than Billary. What was with her victim moment where she whined that she always got the first question in debates? Tim Russert and Brian Williams, as well as Barack and audience, were just confused. I guarantee you that if Obama always got the first questions, she'd feel discriminated against as well. It was such an awkward moment.
What about when she tried to lamely jump on Obama because he got Louis Farakhan's endorsement? Obama handled it well, saying "I can't tell someone not to say that I'm a good guy." He then said that he "renounced" the endorsement; but Billary plowed forward saying that "renouncing" was not enough, he should have "rejected" it. What the f**k? Obama then got one of the biggest laughs of the night when he responded that he would "both renounce and reject" the endorsement, whichever word she preferred. She looked pretty silly at that point.On foreign policy, Obama got the upper hand as well. Somebody needs to tell Billary that being First Lady does not count as relevant foreign policy experience. Obama killed her on Iraq. Agree with him or not (which I do not), at least Obama took a definite stand on the issue. I loved this exchange: Russert asks Billary whether if she withdrew from Iraq, and then it "goes to hell", would she consider reinvading? Billary talked around the hypo and did not give an answer. Obama then clearly said that he would consider it. Billary then had a classic "oh shit" look on her face, and tried to jump in and answer more clearly, but they cut her off for a commercial break.
Russert was good. He pulled out his usual trick of throwing their own quotes at them, and he caught both in contradictions on NAFTA. I also enjoyed Russert's Alex Trebek impression, where he haughtily quizzed Billary on whether she could pronounce the next Russian president's name. It was somewhat childish, but funny at the same time.
On the whole, Billary did not do what she needed to do to change the tide, so I think that this nomination is Obama's clearly to lose at this point.
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Kudos to you, Dez, for watching these debates. I'd rather watch paint dry... and I think there's actually a channel for that now in this day and time.
I like McCain's chances against Obama (and would have really like them vs. Billary).
The "getting to really know Obama" period after he wins nomination should be fun times for the Republican war-roomers.
Billary is too 1992. Her name is Shrillary now. I have proclaimed it
Yeah, Hillary embarrassed herself a few times. First of all -- hilariously -- she's been asked the first question in six of the last ten debates. Hardly "always." Also, the "rejection-renounce" thing was asinine.
Russert was ok, but I can't excuse him AT ALL for the follow-up on the Farrakhan question. The initial question was stupid enough, but when he hammered home the point, basically asking "how can we know you won't adopt the anti-semitism of Farrakhan even though you've clearly just said you hate him?" -- that was offensive. Truly offensive.
I like McCain, and I wouldn't rule him out against Obama. But I think, hoodlumman, that maybe the Republicans are counting too much on some kind of takedown. First of all, McCain's not crazy about those tactics. Secondly, you don't think the noble Clintons would've held back if they had something really dirty on Obama, do you?? Thirdly, it's possible that outside of the same kind of transgressions that everyone has in their life, maybe Obama is a decent person. Fourthly, people are sick to death of character assassination, especially when it's built from meaningless attacks. Remember that Obama is a politician who has fully admitted to drug use, and it doesn't seem to be hurting him. Maybe the American electorate is finally growing up.
Hillary is getting desperate and her desperation just plays into Obama's strengths. She is proving that the Clintons will try any trick in the book to get elected, and nobody is fooled by the tricks anymore.
Her latest commercial is straight out of the Republican playbook. It didn't work very well for Rudy Giuliani, but I actually think it's a smart move for Hillary. That is one of the few areas where a lot of people agree Hillary would be stronger than Obama. Most people agree with Obama on Iraq, but that doesn't mean they aren't afraid of terrorists and other threats around the world. Obama was right about Iraq, but that's because Iraq was not a threat at the time we invaded.
Unfortunately, there are still plenty of threats in other places, though.
Of course, I don't think Hillary's latest ad will help much. She has already hurt herself too much with the petty attacks - "it's not change we can believe in, it's change we can Xerox." Give me a break.
I think McCain might be able to beat Clinton, but I think he'll lose to Obama.
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