First Presidential Debate

The first of three Presidential debates went underway on September 26 at the University of Mississippi between Senators John McCain and Barack Obama. Many spectators believed this debate would define what each nominee would do if they were elected into the White House. However, the turnout was quite the opposite. Neither McCain nor Obama directly answered the questions addressed to them. All their answers were generalizations that revolved around the question and kept bringing up the same answers. Even Jim Lehrer, the moderator for the debate, tried to rephrase the questions numerous times and the candidates failed to properly answer them.

Overall, I thought the debate was going to be more entertaining in a debate and political aspect. Both nominees brought up small arguments and somewhat dodged the questions. However, Obama seemed more presentable and directed his main attention towards both the people and McCain. Obama consistently looked at McCain but McCain never bothered to even glance at Obama, which shows me he probably though the was on a higher level than Obama and did not want to be burdened with being in the same conversation as his opponent.

I followed the debate up with CNN, The New York Times, and BBC news. All three sources covered the debate with the same viewpoint as I did. Everyone stated that the candidates did not point to any major adjustments they would need to make to their Presidential duties. Both McCain and Obama focused more on claiming how each other was not well suited for the job. This debate, in my eyes, served as a reminder of how different these two men would be as president. We need to choose wisely as for our economy, politics, and foreign affairs are no where near the condition they need to be.