One To Go… Go Obama!!!
So, after finishing tonight’s Presidential Debate ABC News’ Channel 7 team had two groups of voters – one a group of students and the other a group of everyday New Yorkers. Each group was asked what camp they sided with before and then after the debate, and I wasn’t surprised by their positions before and after.
The students that were undecided, citing Education and Obama’s discussion on the topic, switched from undecided to voting for Obama, while no student in the room said they would vote for McCain after being on the fence. The only students that will still vote for McCain are the four that started out the evening on that side of the fence – and based on their demographic I wasn’t surprised at all.
The everyday New Yorkers had broad opinions, and honestly none that I found intelligent enough to merit discussion, but one of them did say they would now vote for Obama – although not certain.
Most pundits on the news broadcast, including Republican pundits, immediately said that McCain simply didn’t do what he had to do tonight to move himself forward in the race – in fact all of them agreed that he may have even done some damage. Most of his rhetoric tonight continued to be on attacking Obama and his record, while never quite speaking clearly about his own. Obama did a little bit of the same, though in a more defensive posture.
McCain doesn’t get it. He believes that Americans are dumb to the realities of many of the topics that are discussed whenever he has the ability to address the American People, and I swear that every single time I heard McCain say, “My friends…” with that sugar eating grin on his face I wanted to rip through the camera and ask him just when exactly he became our friend? He doesn’t get that he comes across as fake when he drops that line and the smirk on his face doesn’t help – especially when anyone other than he speaks. The smirk makes him look childish and defensive.
He speaks to us like children, and we should not react like children, but like educated adults, and let him know this on Election Day.
It’s no wonder that most immediate polls online show that 85% of the people voting say that Obama was the clear winner tonight.
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