Second Presidential Debate: Video, Highlights, Analysis
11:55 - Sam Stein: Debate In Words: Obama talks about issues while McCain says "my friends." A look at the words uttered during the affair underscore...
11:55 - Sam Stein: Debate In Words: Obama talks about issues while McCain says "my friends." A look at the words uttered during the affair underscore...
Leah McElrath Renna | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics
When McCain refuses to look at Barack Obama and refuses to use his name, he is employing modified versions of a military technique -- a strategy of dehumanization.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.07.2008 | Politics
Tom Brokaw put the question to each candidate, "Is health care in America a privilege, a right, or a responsibility?" I'm not sure what McCain meant ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.07.2008 | Politics
In their first debate, John McCain's constant refrain was that Barack Obama "didn't understand." Tonight, Obama grabbed that phrase and ran with it i...
Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 10.07.2008 | Politics
Tonight was not a debate. What we saw instead was Obama presenting coherent answers to difficult questions, while his opponent perpetuated old lies, often unrelated to the subject at hand.
Ari Melber | Posted 10.07.2008 | Politics
While McCain attacked most of the night -- in spite of the intimate, town hall setting -- Obama stuck to a crisper, measured tone, and still returned fire when necessary,
Huffington Post | Posted 10.07.2008 | Politics
Arianna Huffington: The Winner of Debate II? "That One": In Debate II, John McCain twice laid out the criteria for how the American people should jud...
James Love | Posted 10.07.2008 | Politics
If this was McCain's night to change the conversation, he changed nothing, looking more tired and less competent than the last debate. Obama seemed more confident and relaxed than last time out.
Linda Bergthold | Posted 10.07.2008 | Politics
On the CNN reaction meter, McCain never reaches Obama's highs, because even when people reluctantly agree with him, they have to factor in the fact that they just don't believe anything he says.
Max Bergmann | Posted 10.07.2008 | Politics
McCain said Ukraine was "in Russia's sights" and repeated his oft-repeated line that when he sees Putin he sees the letters "K.G.B." This is a good line if you are pundit, not if you are a president.
Joseph Romm | Posted 10.07.2008 | Politics
McCain seems to think his strong support of nuclear power is a big political winner for him. But every time he talks about nuclear, he flatlines with both men and women.
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The Huffington Post | Posted 10.14.2008 | Politics