Debate Premortem

Over at Culture11, I have a quick and dirty rundown of what to expect from tonight's awkwardly intimate "town hall" debate. Let's hope this is the closest we ever get to these people. 

Comments

[economist]

McCain gets raped in the debate because he's old, not quick on his feet, has a lot of internal contradictions in his political philosophy, and has no desire to change any of those things.

[economist]

"Not quick on his feet" could have been changed to "slow", but I don't think McCain's retarded, just not the fastest thinker.

[anarch]

he's old, not quick on his feet, has a lot of internal contradictions in his political philosophy, and has no desire to change any of those things

I'll wager he'd desire to change the first of those things.

[SIV]

Did "both Parties" wreck Iceland?And the rest of the World? I'm puttin' the blame on central banks and artificially low interest rates through monetary inflation resulting in massive mal-investment. I get lost trying to figure exactly how they spun %5 mortgage straw into leveraged gold.

[economist]

No, I think John McCain actually likes being old and crotchety.

[Elemenope]

McCain seems to alternate between really being on his game, and sounding suddenly confused/panicky.

Obama seems less sure, but he's being a little more consistent on tone than McCain.

And if Obama's "Confident" is a loser, so is McCain's "teh Spending freeze!!"

(Was trying to post this on the live-blog thread, but the squirrels won't let me!)

[Elemenope]

"That one."

The people who I'm watching with just went a little ballistic on that one.

Unnecessarily disrespectful; it makes McCain look small and nasty.

[geo]

raped? that's an insulting and insensitive use of that word.

[Hit \'n Run lurker]

Kerryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!

We missed yooooooooooooooooooooooou!

[economist]

geo,
Okay, how about "owned"?