Rules for tonight's town hall style debate- Page 2

[clever name]

Posted: 10/7/08 at 9:09pm

who are these people in the audience?

[jasonf]

Posted: 10/7/08 at 9:10pm

McCain is amazing -- everything he's said so far has contradicted itself!

[son_of_a_gunn_25]

Posted: 10/7/08 at 9:11pm

McCain's Ebay exec suggestion for the Treasury might be taken the wrong way given that it's been highly publicized Ebay is laying people off at the moment. Might not be a fair association, but Americans don't vote with their heads.

Updated On: 10/7/08 at 09:11 PM

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 10/7/08 at 9:12pm

McCain is all creepy. The cameras don't know how to follow him.

[best12bars]

Posted: 10/7/08 at 9:13pm

Just going on behavior (which so many Americans do)... McCain looks nervous, and Obama looks confident.

[jasonf]

Posted: 10/7/08 at 9:14pm

I wouldn't want to be there asking a question giving the creepy way McCain hovered over that guy!

[son_of_a_gunn_25]

Posted: 10/7/08 at 9:14pm

McCain feels like a grandpa telling kids a story whereas Obama feels like he is talking to the audience as an equal.

[clever name]

Posted: 10/7/08 at 9:14pm

Really? He's sticking with the "I suspended my campaign" crap?

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 10/7/08 at 9:16pm

I think it's pretty much the general opinion that campaign suspension was stupid.

If Obama doesn't want the finger pointing, she should really stop doing it.

[best12bars]

Posted: 10/7/08 at 9:16pm

Obama is much more on the "attack" tonight. He's definitely landing some punches. But that also takes away from him directly answering the questions. I'm not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing...

[KrissySim]

Posted: 10/7/08 at 9:18pm

Just up to this moment, I don't see any scales tipping in the debate.

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 10/7/08 at 9:20pm

Obama doesn't need to respond to a cynical question by starting off with, "Okay, look..." That made me cringe.

[son_of_a_gunn_25]

Posted: 10/7/08 at 9:21pm

Americans don't want to hear it, but our consumption based economy is unsustainable. We insist on the right to having the newest and best of everything, but what happens once we've used up all the world's resources?

Updated On: 10/7/08 at 09:21 PM

[clever name]

Posted: 10/7/08 at 9:22pm

The squiggly lines go flat when McCain talks

[KrissySim]

Posted: 10/7/08 at 9:23pm

son_of_a_gunn_25, imagine the entire world trying to live at the same rate of consumption as the USA?
Impossible.

[best12bars]

Posted: 10/7/08 at 9:23pm

McCain just lost me completely. He's rambling, and totally off-question.

He's also "gasping" with a quiver between sentences. Not very confidence-inducing.

[jessica0414]

Posted: 10/7/08 at 9:24pm

lol I noticed that....he opens his mouth and the lines go "____". I wish they could interact with each other more directly, I'm getting bored...

[son_of_a_gunn_25]

Posted: 10/7/08 at 9:25pm

Krissy, if you haven't been to http://www.thestoryofstuff.com yet, definitely go check it out after the debate.

Updated On: 10/7/08 at 09:25 PM

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 10/7/08 at 9:25pm

Which network shows the squiggly lines?

[best12bars]

Posted: 10/7/08 at 9:25pm

LOL

I guess we're all watching the flat-lines on CNN.

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 10/7/08 at 9:26pm

McCain is coming off as if he doesn't even believe what he's saying!!

[WickedRedX]

Posted: 10/7/08 at 9:27pm

Just like the matrix, the squiggly lines have me...

[best12bars]

Posted: 10/7/08 at 9:27pm

Obama just wiped up the floor with him.

A great answer.

[clever name]

Posted: 10/7/08 at 9:27pm

CNN JGirl, I LOVE the squiggly lines!!

[son_of_a_gunn_25]

Posted: 10/7/08 at 9:27pm

It's kind of cool, but would be better if the people were in individual rooms. Body language can make sentiment contagious.

I like Fiora's question!

Updated On: 10/7/08 at 09:27 PM