Although Barack Obama was campaigning in North Carolina on Monday, there was much more press coverage over the event he attended on Tuesday night. After a day of campaigning in Nashville Tennessee, the presidential candidate squared off once again with republican nominee, John McCain. The most interesting thing they talked about during the debate was Healthcare. Both candidates put forth proposals pertaining to medical insurance. While McCain’s plan was too allow families a $5,000 tax credit towards paying insurance, Obama put forth that under his plan, people would be able to keep their old plans with their employers, or they "will be able to buy the same kind of insurance that Sen. McCain and I enjoy as federal employees."
It seems as though viewers watching the debate favored Obama. According to a CBS poll of undecided voters, 40% of those polled thought Obama came out on top, over the 26% that found McCain the winner. It seems as though Obama has had the advantage after the last two debates, so it shall be interesting who will win next Wednesday, when the two candidates battle once more in New York.
Today, Obama campaigned in Indiana, a state which he hopes to be the first democrat to win since Lyndon B. Johnson, while his running mate, Joe Biden, campaigned in Florida.
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It is a sad day when McCain attempts to shift attention from the economy to Obama's character. Frankly speaking, even if Obama does have character flaws, the ones McCain points out have NOTHING to do with bailout. At present, if this man truly cares for the nation he should focus on the ECONOMY...not petty trifles.
Now, in the coming days, I expect he clever chumps on McCain's squad to shift gears back the economy. Eventually they will realize that they can reinterpret a GLOBAL economic meltdown as a foreign policy matter.
After all, Brian Williams said tonight that Bush may lack the chops to bring together all sorts of finance ministers, bring them in line, and have them take on policies that are broad in scope...essentially, policies that do not undercut one another. THIS IS THE KEY. McCain can say that Obama's lack of experience means that he lacks the chops to the very same thing.
After all, it is no secret that bringing all these finance folks in line takes some finesse...something that McCain can play up.
Ya see, it is about time that McCain becomes clever, and starts caring about the country. And yes, he can actually win by focusing on the economy. He and his buds just need to use their brains. Not doing so is nearly TREASONOUS. He's casting the nation into a sess-pit if he does nothing but whine about Obama. Come on buddy!! Change pace will ya?!
Although there has been the general consensus that Obama did better than "the nervous/stiff looking" McCain in Tuesdays debate, neither of them addressed the american people in an inspiring manner. Even the various highlight clips which I have been going over, (emphasis on the highlight) seem extremely dull. There have been news articles hailing this debate as one of the worst ever. This close to the election and in such an economically unstable time, it sends a bad message to the viewers when the candidates are so uninspiring.
I can understand why McCain wouldn't take that "inspirational" tone, as his strategy has to break down Obama. Building himself up to win is not an option this late in the game. (It could have been earlier.) What's really sad is that Obama, who can speak inspirationally, now feels he can't do that for fear that he will continue to be mocked as elitist and lofty. Go back and listen to the speeches of MLK. I wonder if we'll ever hear that tone again without mocking it as not of the common people.
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