Town Hall Debate

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Elmer Fudd and His Gosh-Darned Overhead Projector, Jell-O, and Obama to Voters: We Are Sick of Shopping

Lily Koppel | Posted 11.08.2008 | Style

John McCain seemed old and out of touch. The Republican candidate looked like he should have gone to the bathroom before the debate started.

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The Adler Planetarium and McCain's Fake War on Earmarks

Jules Siegel | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics

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McCain's slur about the Adler projector reveals both the slovenly nature of his campaign's opposition research as well as a disconnect from reality. This is a high-tech scientific educational project, not an entertainment device.

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Why We Should Treasure the Almost-Endless Campaign

Kate Kelly | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics

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With less than a month left in the Campaign That Has Gone On Forever, it might be a good time for some reflection.

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Echoes of Kennedy-Nixon, Clinton-Dole

Terrence McNally | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics

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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.

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McCain Calls Obama "That One"

Maggie Van Ostrand | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics

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.

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McCain Fizzles as Obama Sizzles

Michael Carmichael | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics

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.

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Knowing What You Don't Know

Jon Raymond | Posted 11.08.2008 | Home

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..."

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The Answer We Needed to Hear

Howard Schweber | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics

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

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Reading The Pictures: Citizen Anger, Pakistan slam, Michelle Love, And McCain As A Blur

Michael Shaw | Posted 11.07.2008 | Media

In the early phase of the debate, there wasn't a drop of humor in that room. As McCain and Obama offered generalities, these people weren't even close to buying it.

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Worse Than "That One"

Cenk Uygur | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

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."

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The Subliminal Slam-Dunk

Mary Lyon | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

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The body language and other nonverbals put Obama decisively over the top, because it said more about the character issue for the two candidates and their wives than anyone's verbiage.

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

Paul Reiser | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

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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.

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The Winner of Debate II? "That One"

Arianna Huffington | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

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At the end of the debate, Brokaw asked McCain to get out of the way of his Teleprompter. He might as well have been speaking on behalf of the future: Senator McCain can you please get out of the way so we can get on with it?

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Hitting the Snooze Button on McCain-Obama Round 2

Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

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Boooring. Yawn. Anything new? "That one?" That's the big controversy of the night? Do we miss Sarah Palin so soon?

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From "The One" To "That One": John McCain And (Not) Reaching Across Party Lines

Steven G. Brant | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

Sen. McCain failed big time in that most basic principle of bipartisan leadership: attributing inherent worth to his equal from the opposite side of the political spectrum.

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Is John McCain Really Our Friend?

Erica Jong | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

Why are these debates so incredibly boring? Is it McCain telling us constantly he is our friend while he grimaces in a way that is friendly to no one? Or is it Obama keeping his cool despite all the idiotic lies and provocations?

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That One?!

Bob Cesca | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

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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.

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McCain's Mudslide Continues

Robert Shrum | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

If the question of the first debate was whether Obama would pass the threshold on national security (he did), the reality of this debate is that McCain didn't pass the threshold on the economy.

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A 'Terrible' Debate Performance By Brokaw and Organizers

Greg Mitchell | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

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This was supposed to be the "domestic policy" debate. Yet there we were once again talking about raids on Pakistan and defending Israel. Brokaw and the organizers let down the American public.

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"My Friends," It's Over

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

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.

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Obama's Missed Opportunity on Health Care at the Debate

Bryan Young | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

Obama missed an opportunity to explain that the health of our nation's citizens cannot be held hostage to a corporate profit motive.

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Presidential Debate Reactions: Pundits Weigh In

Huffington Post | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

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CLICK HERE FOR REACTIONS FROM HUFFPOST BLOGGERS The second presidential debate between Barack Obama and John McCain has concluded. Below is a roundu...

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