However, McCain did not beat Obama bad enough to gain any ground on Obama.  Barack Obama pur on a great performance to keep the debate close.  McCain really needed to bloody Obama up in this debate.  Similar to two heavyweight fighters where one is coming into the fight the fan favorite.  The challenger needs to jump on him fast, especially on a topic considered to be your best.  McCain let Barack Obama make it out of round 1 unscathed! 

We saw a similar performance when Obama faced off against the debate queen, Hillary Clinton.  She let Obama stick around in the debates a little too long which led to her demise.  McCain is heading down the same path.  Obama has done whatever it takes to win and debating McCain on McCain's strongest topic was no different.

McCain clearly won round 1, but it was not a convincing knock out win.  He didn't even score a knock down or force a standing 8 count.  Now he will have to pick up the pace on some of his weaker topics if he intends for the debates to do any good for his campaign.  

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written by site visitor, November 11, 2008

If you think for one moment that attacts to Obama, which has nothing to do with why the country is in the state it is today, I guess you can see Russa from your backyard too. There's no logic and peaple are tired of the self-intrested causing hammic not only here, but around the world. God has to step in to balance the chaos.

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written by site visitor, September 29, 2008

McCain needed to crush Obama but he did not. And this was McCain's strong subject!

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written by site visitor, September 27, 2008

What was the deal with Obama constantly saying "I agree with John" or "John is absolutely right" on just about every question? I like McCain and Obama, but Obama really showed he knows nothing about being president last night.

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