Saturday, October 4, 2008

Who won the debate at the University of Mississippi?

After watching the first presidential debate, it is safe to say that each candidate has a solid foot in the door to becoming the next President of the United States. Depending on who you ask, both Obama and McCain gave impressive arguments for both the main topics of National Security and the Economy.
While the polls suggests that Obama actually won the first presidential debate, these polls do not neccisarily mean victory for the candidate who came out on top. In the first presidential debate in 2004, Kerry won by the same numbers that Obama did, but later his support dropped 5 points. While there has not been a drop in Obama's support, it is clear that neither polling or debates are solid predictors of who is going to win the election.
Obama did an exceptional job as always, getting his point across to the average American. He made his plans easy to understand, and by doing this he may have appealed to more independent voters than he had originally. On the same note though, John McCain did a remarkable job in getting his attack message across that Obama is inexpierenced, and the safety of this country should not be in the hands of a man who will be doing "on the job training."
This debate has shown the true colors of both the candidates, and they did a remarkable job of reiterating the same messages that they have been campaigning with the entire election. If the candidates continue debating in this manner the voters will have to decide whether they are going to vote with a man who can relate issues to voters, or with a man who says he has the expierence to lead a country.
Either way, this debate did nothing more than re-state everything the candidates have already been saying. In the next two debates, both candidates, McCain especially, need to find new strategies to speak about the issues at hand or else they are both going to come off sounding repetitious and eventually the voters will stop listening to what they have to say.

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