Third presidential debate post-mortem
October 15, 2008
I feel resurgent. But not overly triumphant, because Senator McCain and friends have a long way to go to the one and only important poll of all. McCain dancing around trying to figure out which way to go to shake Bob Schieffer’s hand was cute. Bob Schieffer moderated what is perhaps the best format for the presidential debates: question, answer, Fox News-y rebuttal.
That squeaky voiced Obamabot black commentator on CNN is so un-fucking-nerved at the post-mortem I thought he was going to cry. The disbelief in Hillary Rosen and John King’s faces as they tried to give McCain credit was worth a freeze-frame.
More commentary from bloggers: John Cohen, Ann Althouse, Michelle Malkin, and of course, it’s always fun at Protein Wisdom.
Don’t believe the polls! There are a lot of “Joe the plumbers” out there. He said he thinks Obama’s tax plan will hurt him but he said he doesn’t know who he is voting for yet. Yeah, right! Guys and Gals out there have already figured out that to avoid being called a Nazi or racist or uncool it’s better to tell the pollster you’re voting for Obama or undecided. The polls will be like they have been for the elections since 1980. They will favor the Democrat all the way to voting day by being off by at least 6 points and sometimes even more than that.
Dave: you know what stinks? This IS the Bradley effect that people have been talking about, but I could almost see it now. All them folks that tip JSM over the winning point, heck, all the voters who vote for him? They’ll be branded “racist” on November 5.
Jay: You’re right on the money. I was thinking that they’ll be using the race card every day up until the election and depending on the results Obama will have lost because of racism or won despite of it. It’s already starting. According to Murtha a section of PA is racist and won’t vote for Obama.