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Robert Gibbs Confronts Hannity Over Anti-Semite Guest

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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UPDATE: Robert Gibbs Selected Press Secretary You got to give credit to the American people, who managed to get through an entire evening of debat...

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Second Presidential Debate: Video, Highlights, Analysis

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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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...

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What Debate Was The Politico Watching?

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim VandeHei and John Harris of The Politico have gone and decreed last night's debate "The worst debate ever." In the first place, on this regard, they are hopelessly and ridiculously wrong.

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Citizens Panel Mixed on 'Town Hall' Format, Wanted Brokaw to Do More to Challenge the Spin

Timothy Karr | Posted 05.25.2011

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McCain's supporters seemed happy with the ground rules. Obama's supporters seemed happy with the results. But many were troubled by the debate organizers' claim of true public participation in Tuesday's forum.

America At Juncture And Obama Must Do More Than Talk Politics

Leonce Gaiter | Posted 05.25.2011

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Obama ran in the primaries as a firebrand, generating a rich progressive aura. His general campaign has been absolutely faultless, and equally unexciting. However, for the longer term, it's not enough.

Profiles in Cowardice

Dave Winer | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's time to back off the precipice, Ms. Palin and Mr. McCain.

"That One": McCain's Use of Dehumanization as Hate-Speech

Leah McElrath Renna | Posted 05.25.2011

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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.

Knowing What You Don't Know

Jon Raymond | Posted 05.25.2011

Last night's debate came close to a Donald Rumsfeld press conference: "As we know, there are known knowns. There are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns. That is to say we know there are some things we do not know..."

"That Won": Twitter's Wit on the Second Presidential Debate

Nick Douglas | Posted 05.25.2011

My God, does he realize how much gas it will take to drive to the moon?! — michael

The Answer We Needed to Hear

Howard Schweber | Posted 05.25.2011

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Obama's answer to the first question of the night was fine -- anodyne, uninspiring, reasonable, and utterly uninspiring.

"That One" Wins

Nancy Snow | Posted 05.25.2011

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Obama has erased lingering doubts that he is ready for the Prime Time Presidency, while McCain raised more doubts that he has the energy or interest in the job.

McCain Calls Obama "That One"

Maggie Van Ostrand | Posted 05.25.2011

If the people of this nation cannot tell the difference between presidential behavior and a sick and angry little man, then we're in more trouble than we are with Bush. Get a grip John. You're boring.

McCain Fizzles as Obama Sizzles

Michael Carmichael | Posted 05.25.2011

In the course of the debate, McCain was outclassed, outgunned and outrun, time and time and time again. Obama's performance was so commanding that he barely noticed a petulant McCain.

Why does John McCain hate planetariums?

Phil Plait | Posted 05.25.2011

Planetaria show us the beauty and grandeur of the Universe, and shouldn't be cynically relegated to being a political bludgeon used to score cheap points.

Echoes of Kennedy-Nixon, Clinton-Dole

Terrence McNally | Posted 05.25.2011

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We all know about the difference between the responses of those who listened to the first Kennedy-Nixon debate on the radio versus those who watched it on television. I did both last night and the same was true.

"My Friends," It's Over

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011

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It was clear tonight that Barack Obama has a far superior understanding of the moving parts of government and American society than John McCain ever had.

The Debate: Round Two to Obama

James Love | Posted 05.25.2011

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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.

Note to McCain: Uncommitted Ohio Voters Just Aren't Into Nuclear Power

Joseph Romm | Posted 05.25.2011

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.

Not a Whole Lot of "Town," and Other Town Hall Debate Reactions

Paul Reiser | Posted 05.25.2011

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Well, for a town-hall meeting, I sure didn't see a whole lot of 'town." A couple dozen of over-lit, under-whelmed people who got free tickets. As a comic, I have to say, that really looked like a tough house.

Obama: Health Care Should Be A Right (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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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 ...

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My Friends, I'm Going to Lie About Everything

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 05.25.2011

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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.

Obama-McCain Town Hall Debate Reaction: HuffPost Bloggers Weigh In

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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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...

Worse Than "That One"

Cenk Uygur | Posted 05.25.2011

For me, the more worrisome moment of the debate came when McCain told a young, black questioner, "You've probably never heard of Fannie Mae."

That One?!

Bob Cesca | Posted 05.25.2011

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They say that Sen. McCain's strong suit is the town hall debate. If this was, in fact, Sen. McCain's strength, he might as well go home. Sorry... homes.

Obama Flips Script, Uses McCain Catch-Phrase Against Him

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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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...

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