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McCain vs. Obama - A look back with two weeks to go

Oct 21st, 2008 | By John Hoyle | Category: Politics

John McCain and Barack Obama met up one last time in their third televised debate on October 15th - this time in New York. McCain seemed to be either always on the attack or fidgeting in his seat during the entire debate. Obama, on the other hand, was respectful, thoughtful, soft-spoken and very deferential to McCain. They were a study in contrasts. It is not surprising that McCain’s polling numbers fell and Obama’s jumped up by several percentage points over the next two days.

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McCain vs. Obama - Notes on the 2nd debate

Oct 8th, 2008 | By John Hoyle | Category: Politics

John McCain and Barack Obama engaged in a rather restrained debate Tuesday evening about who was to blame for the current economy and which one could actually solve the nation’s problems.

Tom Brokaw moderated, asking questions from the audience and the Internet. At times both pushed the limits of the truth, but the most interesting part of the evening may have occurred after the debate was over.

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McCain vs. Obama - Notes on the first debate

Sep 27th, 2008 | By John Hoyle | Category: Current Events

Most of the TV network and cable channel reviewers took the easy way out and called the debate a tie, with a slight advantage to Obama for his calm demeanor and Presidential look. A few compared it to the Nixon-Kennedy debate of 1960 . . . Most TV and independent polls gave the victory to Obama by an average 4 to 10-point margin. . . but true believers, as usual, were crediting their respective candidates with overwhelming victories no matter what the real result might have been.

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