Comments on: Saddleback Wrap-Up: Obama’s Alleged Loss, and Looking Forward

By: Martin

Martin — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:33:36 +0000

Sorry, as an Englishman, I had to laugh at:
“I’d suggest that he call upthe coach that made Iain Duncan Smith presentable.”

I really wouldn’t… ;)

By: Tmtoulouse

Tmtoulouse — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:49:51 +0000

I couldn’t watch it. I can’t believe Obama would go on stage with Warren. If this kind of stuff keeps up voting for Obama is going to require metaphorically “holding my nose.”

By: Oneiroi

Oneiroi — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:24:24 +0000

@Gotchya: While I haven’t really seen the videos or know too much detail or the validity of the situation…the defense, “Obama would have done it too” is a bit too hypothetical for me.

By: Gotchaye

Gotchaye — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:01:01 +0000

I have a hard time caring about McCain having the questions in advance, mostly because I’m pretty sure that Obama would have done the same thing had he gone second. How is anyone supposed to make sure that a staff member in the audience (or just watching the live coverage) isn’t getting the questions to the waiting candidate while the first one speaks? It does make me feel good about saying earlier that McCain’s answers came too quickly, as if he were reading off of a script.

I also have a hard time giving him much credit for talking about his affair. If he didn’t say anything, continuing coverage of the Edwards thing would have segued into “hey, didn’t John McCain do something like this?” on the news. This strikes me as admitting to fault in anticipation of more scrutiny.

By: Ames

Ames — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:01:59 +0000

Totally. It seems like thsi event was only of interest to political junkies; maybe the fall-out on the McCain cheating thing will help make it al ittle more mainstream, and in our favor ;)

By: Shangrala

Shangrala — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:45:15 +0000

One thing I noticed: Michael Phelps won his eighth gold medal one hour after the debate, which may have overshadowed the event.

By: Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:32:05 +0000

Two things I would like to point out:

1) While this audience may have been somewhat baised towards McCain, Obama received far more applause for good answers than McCain received in front of the NAACP or would in front of any other Obama-leaning crowd.

2) While this audience may have been somewhat baised towards McCain, the questions being asked were the questions that America wants answers to. They were fair, covered a wide range of topics and the same-question for each method was very enjoyable to watch.