"Remember New Hampshire?"

After winning his third and final debate, Barack Obama warned his crowd today about being too confident. Although I certainly was not "too confident" after the first 30 minutes of this debate.

McCain came out swinging and he did it with a lot of passion and emotion. Even though I don't agree with him, I thought he bested Obama on taxes last night. Certainly he was on the attack and often that is what viewers believe a debate winner does.


McCain's Joe Plummer reference will be absolute SNL material tonight when they do the debate parody. If it was a close race, that kind of gimmick would be the thing that could backfire and make him look absolutely silly. But, I do not believe it is of much consequence. To me it certainly was nice to see these two candidates discussing a real, actual working American for a change. It brought out some interesting conversation, but in the end was very gimmicky for McCain to keep "Joe Plumming" all night long.

Obama won in the eyes of most debate watchers because he is winning the argument that is most important in this country today: What should we do about this economic mess? Obama's plan was spelled out in a coherent and calm way. He was the steady captain of the ship. For all McCain's leadership and experience credentials, he has given way in this race to a 'steadier hand.' Obama has found his voice. It's steady, calm and reasoned leadership.

In my humble opinion, it is the only thing that will help lead us out of this mess. For we have a consumer confidence crisis on our hands. People are going to have to be reassured. Folks are going to have to trust in our economic system and government again. I believe they will be able to do so with Obama at the helm.

Certainly it is NOT going to be easy. I almost feel sorry for Barack. Taking over this mess? But, what an opportunity. His country needs him now and he is poised to be able to capitalize on this chance to showcase his skills and give this country what it needs most at this time - a leader.

Debate Truth Squad

CNN Truth Squad:


Afghanistan Surge? Palin wrong. Wrong commander in the field, wrong facts on his comments.

Obama can't admit the surge worked? He has done that in the past few weeks (guess that wasn't in the newspapers she reads?).

Healthcare? McCain wants to deregulate health care. You can buy across state lines. CNN says Biden misrepresented McCain's claims... but didn't he say he wanted to treat health care more like the banking industry?

Interesting. Biden went through many, many more details in his analysis of foreign policy, economics, health care, etc... yet he didn't make these kinds of misrepresentations of his opponents. It is frustrating to watch a debate like that. I thought the moderator did a horrible job of keeping them on the question and redirecting any questions to take advantage of learning more about their positions. But, it looks like the American people understand what they were watching...


Taxes? Mrs. Palin misrepresented Obama's position on taxes. Period. There is no other way to explain it.