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Politics : John McCain for President -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (1045)	4/17/2008 11:44:19 AM
From: jlallen	Respond to of 6579

Yep. Character matters. Always. J.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (1045)	4/17/2008 11:48:43 AM
From: JakeStraw	Respond to of 6579

You certainly sound worried about Obama's fate Kenneth... BTW what has Obama promised to do about rising oil & gas prices?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (1045)	4/17/2008 11:54:28 AM
From: JakeStraw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6579

Obama’s tough night: Last night wasn’t a good debate for Obama. Period. But it wasn't a great debate for Clinton either. Of course, that may not matter to her campaign -- in a two-way debate, it's not about which candidate narrowly wins, but which candidate gets pummeled in the post-debate reviews. And Obama is getting pummeled because, well, he did get pummeled, a bit by Clinton and a bit little bit by the moderators. In the first 40 minutes of the debate, most of the questions were focused on Obama's negatives (except for a lone Bosnia-sniper question to Clinton, with no follow up) and that's what helped create what was a near disastrous performance for the front-runner. Obama was weak in a lot of his answers on his personal negatives. (Did he really compare Tom Coburn to a one-time '60s radical/terrorist?) Meanwhile, Clinton piled on, particularly (and surprisingly, actually) on Bill Ayers, the former '60s radical who has tenuous ties to Obama. We’re not sure if Clinton's piling on ever is good for her in the long run -- see her current poll standing -- it created some post-debate issues for Obama. Many news organizations will feel compelled to do Ayers stories in the next few days (and they already have). While some may question the fairness and relevancy of the Ayers issue, it's not going to be good for Obama. firstread.msnbc.msn.com