Presidential Debate Number 3

I finally was able to watch the tape of last week's Third Presidential Debate. Since this is now old news I will once again only make a brief comment. It seems clear to me that the Drive-By Media is really spinning this one. Senator John McCain was incredible and really had Obama on the defensive. Yes, Obama had some solid hits too, but it was clear that McCain was the victor!

WWSA - What Will Schieffer Ask?

Well folks the final debate of the 2008 Presidential Race is set for just a few hours from now. Senator Barack Hussein Obama (D-IL) will face off against his opponent, Senator John Sidney McCain III (R-AZ). I hope that this is a real sparring match and that McCain comes out swinging and victorious. Much of what happens comes down to the answer to the question that is the title of this post: What will Schieffer ask?

Bob Schieffer of CBS News' Face The Nation will serve as the moderator for tonight's debate. I can't help but wonder if he will ask the tough questions about Obama's relationship with known terrorists, his G D American Pastor, Acorn and voter fraud, or if he will play it safe and toss Obama easy questions and not give McCain a chance to really talk about these serious issues with his opponent. My guess is that he won't ask anything too hard. I wonder if Tim Russert would have? Perhaps.

What we really need is a fair and balanced moderator - perhaps someone from Fox News. We all know that won't happen. I'll be watching once again in taped delay - maybe not until the weekend. I hope you are watching too!

Second Presidential Debate

Well this post is really late. In just two days the third and final debate will take place. Once again I was on the road when this debate took place, as I will be this week. I did watch it in tape delay but had such a full week, I never posted about it.

All in all - I have little to say. I didn't think it was the greatest debate. Frankly, I thought a lot of the questions lacked the depth that is needed but what do we expect when we get a pack of Gallup selected undecided voters to ask the questions!

Oh well, maybe Wednesday will be better. Of course I might not see it until Saturday.

First Presidential Debate

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.