Last evening on the campus of Ole' Miss the two major party candidates for President of the United States met in debate. Senator John Sidney McCain III (R-AZ) and Senator Barack Hussein Obama (D-IL) stood on the stage and answered the questions of Jim Lehrer of PBS.
I was unable to watch this debate in real time last evening. However, I did tape the event and have watched it this evening. I am a political junkie, as you my regular readers know. Therefore this is a fun event for me. I wanted to post only a brief comment on the debate as it is would yield too long of a post to provide critical analysis of the overall debate.
Here are a few brief thoughts. I believe that Senator McCain did very well in the debate. He articulate his position on the economy and foreign affairs very well. I believe that he looked very presidential and in my opinion was the winner of the debate.
Senator Obama did better than I expected. He was articulate much of the time but did stumble as he often does without teleprompters. I was not pleased with his answers. I also found him less respectful than Senator McCain. Mr. Obama regularly referred to Senator McCain as John while Mr. McCain consistently referred to his opponent as Senator Obama. I think this demonstrates a clear difference.
I look forward to the next debates. Seriously, I am very disturbed that I will be traveling next week. I could have had free tickets to a VP debate watch party and which Governor Sarah Palin (R-AK) will be appearing after the debate! Oh well - maybe there will be another chance to see her here in St. Louis during the campaign.
For now - let me say - well done Senator McCain.
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