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Other than both having white hair, being old men from Arizona with virtually no charisma and almost no chance of winning, they may not resemble one another. (I actually forget how old Barry was when he ran against LBJ, but I always think of him as being old; at least they named Phoenix's airport after him).
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Did you see the forum last Saturday........
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our political system does not have "debates" in the classical sense or what you learned from your forensic team, but really watered-down topical discussions made easy for the attention deficited public. Obama is a better speaker period. In large crowd settings he'd blow McCain away. It appears, as aptly noted, Spocklike in some discussions, but more people like Obama's style than McCain. Take off your Republican glasses and pretend you're a visitor from the UK. McCain would not even receive the time of day in Question Time before Parliament.
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It's just not mathematically possible. If Obama were to really blow it, McCain could win in a landslide perhaps. But Obama could not win in a landslide unless he runs uncontested. Too much rural racism left in many states. He'll lose my state by 35 points no matter what either candidate says in the next ten weeks. McCain could have said on Saturday that he consults Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck for his foreign policy, and they'd roll with it.
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Well, the mouse always seemed sort of soft, but Donald knew how to kick some butt, so that's not all bad.
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People want straight answers.
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McCain answered some of the questions and not others, whereas Obama answered some of the questions he should have dodged. Debate always involves an aspect of nonanswer. I will vote against Obama but I predict Obama to win in a landslide, expecting the larger portion of voters to disagree with me. Obama is very smooth most of the time, but he can be a little too "sophisticated" or distant at times. Which is ironic, because when speech giving he is said to connect with his audience yet in debates, he waxes too professorial. I'd still bet on him rather than against him.
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I have heard this sentiment epxressed so many times in so many elections during my life that I think being tired of politics as usual is politics as usual.
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