Did Sen Obama Hold His Own In Last Night's (So Called) Debate?

[rndmprsn]

simple enough question...oh and why vote the way you did, curious.

and has anyone read Moral Politics by George Lakoff?

[depakid]

1. Simple minded framing

and oh, why?

[FlyingSquirrel]

2. I hold my own sometimes too

:D

[rndmprsn]

5. lol...sorry my "gaffe"

[rucky]

6. I knew I could count on you to go there

so I don't have to.

:)

[GarbagemanLB]

3. He stumbled a bit, but I'd say he definitely was above it during the first half.

[democrattotheend]

8. I would agree

He held his own for the most part, but got really tripped up a few times. I think the debate was a loss for him but it was so stacked against him that maybe there will be a backlash.

[bigwillq]

4. Held his own just fine

it was hard to totally knock it out of the ballpark b/c it took so long to get to the real issues. But he did fine.

[RazBerryBeret]

7. I think he held his own.

although it was a hard task...he managed to stay on the "high road"...especially with the Bosnia question. He could have easily ganged up on Clinton here, and I really kind of wanted him to, but he didn't :

OBAMA: Well, look, I think that Senator Clinton has a strong
record to run on. She wouldn't be here if she didn't.
And, you know, I haven't commented on the issue of Bosnia. You
know, I...
STEPHANOPOULOS: Your campaign has.
OBAMA: Of course. But the -- because we're asked about it.
But, look, the fact of the matter is, is that both of us are working
as hard as we can to make sure that we're delivering a message to the
American people about what we would do as president. Sometimes that
message is going to be imperfectly delivered because we are recorded
every minute of every day.
And I think Senator Clinton deserves the right to make some errors
once in a while. Obviously, I make some as well.
I think what's important is to make sure that we don't get so
obsessed with gaffes that we lose sight of the fact that this is a
defining moment in our history. We are going to be tackling some of the
biggest issues that any president has dealt with in the last 40 years.
Our economy is teetering not just on the edge of recession but
potentially worse. Our foreign policy is in a shambles. We are
involved in two wars. People's incomes have not gone up, and their
costs have. And we're seeing greater income inequality now than any
time since the 1920s.
In those circumstances, for us to be obsessed with this -- these
kinds of errors I think is a mistake. And that's not what our campaign
has been about.

[Bensthename]

9. anything good that Hillary could have gotten from it was killed by the mods coverage.

And Obama showed the rePubes what is to come for them this summer with their swift boat antics.
"Shut your hole with the old politics"..