Game Thread: Barack Obama vs. John McCain, Sep. 26, 8 PM, Mississippi

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  1. shookem

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    shookem, Sep 27, 2008
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    Gallup released it's poll today and it had Obama up by 5. That means he had a slight lead going into the debate. That poll conducted it's interviews before the debate. Tomorrow's poll will give us a better view of how it was perceived.
     
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    If we're going by body language, it was McCain who had a terse smile on his face whenever Obama was speaking. McCain was also grunting occasionally. Obama had his chin up throughout and McCain had a thin line for a smile drawn over his underlying scowl. He couldn't even bring himself to look at Obama--just down at his notes or straight ahead at the moderator. McCain didn't want to be there.

    But the debate was pointless. Neither of them came off well. Just more of the same.
     
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    McCain had the uglier body language, he wouldn't look at Obama and seemed grumpy. He probably realizes how much Palin undermines various Obama attacks, and that he's getting owned at the polls as of late.
     
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    The Rasmussen tracker remained unchanged. Obama's now up 50 to 43 in the Research 2000 daily tracker. In yesterday's polling (only yesterday from the 3-day tracker), Obama led McCain 51 to 42, so I think we can assume Obama won the debate.

    The one thing that throws a little hook in this is that Palin's net favorability is at -10. McCain also lost a favorability point, and gained 2 in the unfavorability column following the debate. This either can just be statistical noise, or when the other 2 days of the post-debate tracker come in, McCain will have a negative favorability again.

    It seems like every race other than whites has rallied behind Obama. He leads 94-3 among blacks, 67-25 among latinos, and 85-4 among others/refused. Seems like the other races want Obama to crack that glass ceiling into 18 million pieces, and open up the presidency to their races too.
     
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