08 Presidential Debates Review

I read an article that graded each Obama and McCain on their performance in the first debate. It saidthat Obama won in every aspect. I agreed with the article and also came to a conclusion that Obgama won, after watching the debate online. In this debate Obama and McCain get their first chance to speak directly to the public and tell some of their policies.

Both Palin and Biden made mistakes in the Vice Presidential Debate, in class we discussed that Palin, not surprisingly, beat around the bush and never directly answered a question. Biden also made his share of mistakes, but in my opinion won without ease. In the vice Presidential Debate each nominee gets a chance to give support to their partner and also give some of their own polocies.

In the second Presidential Debate McCain took an approach to attack Obama and point out things Obama either did wrong or mistakes he has made in the past. Obama took it well, and ended up winning the debate constantly correcting McCain and overall doing a good job. In this debate they both had another chance to speak directly to the public, maybe correct some mistakes they may have made in the last debate, and tell some more of their policies.

This was one of my favorite debates because of how McCain got emotional near the end of the debate, it might of been a move of desperation, but in my opinion it wasn't very professional and I don't know what he expected to get out of it. Obama clearly won in my eyes, he stayed professional the whole debate. This was their last chance to talk directly to the public and give their opinions on some major topics.