Watch it… And then talk about it below. I suggest opening up two tabs with this post in both so you can refresh one while watching/listening in another. One interesting note…the playoffs are on tonight so it may really cut down on people watching the whole debate. A bet a lot of people are switching [...]

What’s on your mind tonight? What do you want to hear? What do you NOT want to hear? Any predictions? Talk!

I considered posting this in the live blog, but I think this note is worth its own post simply simply to prevent some folks from missing the debate. The debate is scheduled to begin at 9pm eastern (8pm central time). I live in the central time zone. When I go to Hofstra’s debate website, the [...]

In a few hours, John McCain will have his last, best hope to win a high number of undecideds all at once. After this, he’ll have to pick them off one-by-one, and the numbers don’t suggest he has the time left to make that a successful strategy. As someone who is frustratingly undecided, here’s what [...]

Three debates down. One to go. Join us tomorrow night as we react in real time to the final time we’ll see Obama and McCain go toe to toe. Guaranteed to be fun or your money back!

Uh oh…here we go. McCain is set to hammer the last nail into his presidential coffin tomorrow. From CNN: The comments, during an interview with St. Louis radio station KMOX, come after Obama and Democratic VP candidate Joe Biden were sharply critical of McCain for targeting the Illinois senator over Ayers at campaign rallies, but [...]

In this podcast we offer a preview of the third and final presidential debate between Obama and McCain as well as an overview of the state of the campaign. We also discuss our most recent election projection and the polling trends during the last week. Additionally, we criticize both campaigns on their respective weaknesses and [...]

This according to Ipsos/McClatchy… Washington, DC – A new Ipsos/McClatchy poll of undecided voters who watched last night’s second Presidential debate indicates that Barack Obama seems to be picking up momentum among the small number of voters who have not yet decided on a candidate. Before the debate, these undecided voters leaned toward John McCain [...]

McCain should have known better than to tell somebody that they didn’t know a fact about the economic crisis. Because something like this may happen… How did I feel about Sen. McCain stating “You probably never heard of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac before this.” Well Senator, I actually did. I like to think of [...]

Four polls so far and four big wins for Obama. Here are two more… USA Today: Obama 56% McCain 23% While 53% of the 735 people surveyed said their opinions of Obama had not changed, 34% said they thought more favorably of him and 12% viewed him less favorably. All 735 said they had watched [...]

The New York Times talked to three people in the audience at the town hall on Tuesday, and they all thought the actual debate was a wash. However, after the debate left, McCain stuck around for a few minutes and then left. Obama stayed for a long time and tired to shake everybody’s hand. Here’s [...]

The Wall Street Journal nails why John McCain lost last night’s debate. He failed to challenge Barack Obama on substantive matters. One of Mr. Obama’s gifts is his ability to glide over contradictions with the greatest of ease. He spent minutes explaining that we spend “$10 billion a month” in Iraq that should be spent [...]

If you didn’t catch it last night or if you want to watch it again, here ya go… You can watch the first Presidential debate here and the only VP debate here.

Wow. This is even bigger than last time, which was Obama 51%, McCain 38%. That’s a 9% difference between the first debate and this one. The details… According to the poll, 64 percent had a favorable opinion of Obama after the debate, an an increase of four points from his pre-debate showing. McCain’s approval rating [...]

These numbers look a lot like CBS’ numbers on the first debate, where Obama won by 13%. Here are the numbers from a poll of 500 uncommitted voters… How did the debate impact vote preferences? 15% say they are now committed to Obama 14% to McCain 70% are still uncommitted Would make the right decisions [...]

When historians look back on this election, I actually think that this debate will prove to be an important opportunity missed by McCain. Tonight he had to “take the gloves off” and he didn’t even come close. I was talking to a coworker today about the election and tonight’s debate, and I put it this [...]

The editor of the non-partisan Political Wire thinks Obama won…big: Tonight’s debate wasn’t even close. Sen. Barack Obama ran away with it — particularly when speaking about the economy and health care. Talking about his mother’s death from cancer was very powerful. On nearly every issue, Obama was more substantive, showed more compassion and was [...]

McCain’s biggest shot at Obama tonight… I just don’t think McCain connected with the audience as well as Obama did tonight. I’ll have more thoughts soon.

Last Spring, Barack Obama stumbled through the Democratic debates, seeming unsure and unfocused. Tonight, he nailed almost every question. Agree or disagree with his arguments, it’s hard to argue that he was anything but poised and informed. He may have won his party’s nomination with soaring rhetoric, but he’s winning the general election with smart [...]

Everybody wanted fireworks. This one had none. And so… Obama is going to run out the clock on this one. He can counterpunch with the best of them. Also, no gloves came off here, and that’s the big story tonight.