Saturday, September 27, 2008

First Take, First Debate

McCain was comfortable and got under Obama's skin--contrary to the expectations.

Is Obama going to war with Afghanistan and Pakistan? And yet he would sit at the table with Ahmadinejad. That was the sound bite of the night from McCain.

At times Obama seemed petty and professorial.

Finally, I do think McCain made a good point--that he has exercised judgment on conflicts--against the limited incursion in Lebanon under Reagan, in favor of intervening in Kosovo to stop genocide, against shifting the mission in Somalia, in favor of the Gulf War, and this one. And that we need to win so that we don't have to go back.

P.S. And I think Obama's closer was particularly weak--and didn't even make sense on its face.

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