Full Vice Presidential Debate with Gov. Palin and Sen. Biden

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How does a candidate "win" a presidential debate? On Friday, Sept. 26, John McCain and Barack Obama met for their first presidential debate in Oxford, Mississippi. The debate was supposedly to be focused on foreign policy, where John McCain would have a natural advantage over Barack Obama. However, the debate didn't turn out as anyone would have expected. Firstly, Obama didn't embarrass himself, and secondly, over half of the debate was focused on the economic crisis. The general verdict from the media was that the two candidates battled to a draw, with Barack Obama emerging as the winner by default. I, however, came away with an entirely different impression. It seemed to me that Sen. Obama was on the defensive for most of the ninety minute debate. He had to withdraw some of his arguments, and used the lame debate tactics of agreeing with his opponent, ( "Sen. McCain is absolutely correct.), and countering his opponents attacks with a simple, "that's not true." Initially, I couldn't understand how anyone who watched the debate could think that Barack Obama won. Last Thursday night, Sarah Palin completely discredited my prior judgement. This time, it was my candidate who was emphathizing with the audience. My candidate was looking good on T.V, and my candidate was effectively communicating to the audience. Once again, I thought my candidate had won the debate. It wasn't until the post debate analysis on T.V that I began to notice a double standard. All three political correspondants on the major networks declared Joe Biden the winner, apparently using the same standard that I had judged the first debate by. In this race's debates, the nature of the candidates running has ensured that there will be no clear winners or losers. In the remaining debates, I think that it is safe to predict that Barack Obama will be more effective at communicating, and John McCain will prove more effective at actually debating. On the Saturday Night Live post debate ana
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