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Presidential Debate Open Thread
(Americablog)

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I did think that McCain overall handled himself better than I expected, though he was a bit pissy, he did work in a number of untruths and half-truths and generally refused to look Obama in the eye. He was nowhere near as unbelievably terrible as bush was in the 2004 debates though and some people even liked those trainwrecks.

Obama, on the other hand, stuck with facts and issues and almost always looked at McCain as he spoke and was calm, confident and yes, presidential.