Month: September 2008

You know I’m a curious little cat and living very far away from the United States (both culturally and physically) and “watching” the campaigning for president just gets stranger and stranger to me. So I...

The US Presidential debate was about winning over the undecideds, not satisfying the faithful, and so Obama took the line of least resistance in many instances. Many Democratic partisans will be unhappy with the very centrist...

Well, the early returns are in and Barack Obama won the debate by every meaningful measure. I can’t say that I am sure why. I saw the debate as a draw. But I’m a man and, according to CNN, men preferred McCain by a...

So far, no big gaffes, no big zingers, and it’s about even.

Okay. Tell me what you think about this debate. Since it is a foreign policy debate, I expect to be annoyed by both candidates. But I’m primarily interested in how well their answers will play politically. Will John McCain...